List of the busiest airports in Thailand

Statistical sources

Thailand has 38 commercial airports.[1]: 3 

  1. Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)
  2. Don Mueang International Airport (DMK)
  3. Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)
  4. Phuket International Airport (HKT)
  5. Hat Yai International Airport (HDY)
  6. Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)

AOT reports statistics based on their fiscal year (FY), 1 October–30 September. AOT's FY2014 is 1 Oct 2013–30 Sep 2014.

At a glance

Annual passenger traffic at BKK DMK HKT CNX HDY KBV CEI UTH airports. See Wikidata query.

2023 Final Traffic results

The 25 busiest airports in Thailand in 2023[5] ordered by total passenger traffic, according to the CAAT statistical reports.

# Airport name City Served IATA/ICAO Passengers Aircraft Freight
2023(total) % YoY 2023 (movs.) % YoY 2023 (tonnes) % YoY
1 Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok BKK/VTBS 51,666,761 80.0 305,677 41.2 1,184,260 1.0
2 Don Mueang International Airport Bangkok DMK/VTBD 26,972,528 67.3 181,873 54.5 14,208 117.3
3 Phuket International Airport Phuket HKT/VTSP 13,977,030 79.0 87,139 52.4 37,211 57.5
4 Chiang Mai International Airport Chiang Mai CNX/VTCC 8,222,538 50.7 55,478 42.8 5,153 7.4
5 Hat Yai International Airport Hat Yai HDY/VTSS 3,106,783 5.7 20,033 4.3 3,178 15.1
6 Krabi International Airport Krabi KBV/VTSG 2,320,841 63.6 16,674 56.7 279 3.1
7 Samui Airport Ko Samui USM/VTSM 2,294,811 66.5 25,021 60.6 537 39.5
8 Chiang Rai International Airport Chiang Rai CEI/VTCT 1,919,563 13.8 12,386 4.6 874 4.9
9 Udon Thani International Airport Udon Thani UTH/VTUD 1,899,195 6.8 12,951 1.6 410 22.7
10 Khon Kaen Airport Khon Kaen KKC/VTUK 1,612,309 17.0 11,184 8.4 279 3.1
11 Surat Thani International Airport Surat Thani URT/VTSB 1,353,256 16.0 8,953 7.1 655 1.2
12 Ubon Ratchathani Airport Ubon Ratchathani UBP/VTUU 1,295,943 3.9 8,564 4.7 314 7.6
13 Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport Nakhon Si Thammarat NST/VTSF 1,195,539 6.8 9,153 2.4 384 1.9
14 Trang Airport Trang TST/VTST 564,488 7.0 3,759 0.1 184 0.8
15 U-Tapao International Airport Chonburi-Pattaya UTP/VTBU 444,892 318.8 4,964 259.4 26 229.1
16 Phitsanulok Airport Phitsanulok PHS/VTPP 432,263 26.6 3,328 15.2 16 26.7
17 Nan Nakhon Airport Nan NNT/VTCN 386,574 14.4 2,512 31.9 0 N.A.
18 Sakon Nakhon Airport Sakon Nakhon SNO/VTUI 361,910 17.2 2,396 4.7 39 76.3
19 Nakhon Phanom Airport Nakhon Phanom KOP/VTUW 359,189 6.6 2,242 3.4 0 N.A.
20 Roi Et Airport Roi Et ROI/VTUV 348,798 31.1 2,168 11.4 0 N.A.
21 Buriram Airport Buriram-Surin BFV/VTUO 252,246 28.6 2,454 20.3 0 N.A.
22 Narathiwat Airport Narathiwat NAW/VTSC 224,423 16.0 1,480 8.0 0 N.A.
23 Loei Airport Loei LOE/VTUL 195,189 15.9 1,393 0.1 1 86.2
24 Ranong Airport Ranong UNN/VTSR 132,955 33.8 995 6.6 0 N.A.
25 Chumphon Airport Chumphon CJM/VTSE 122,632 33.4 854 1.5 0 N.A.

2022 Final Traffic results

The 25 busiest airports in Thailand in 2022[6] ordered by total passenger traffic, according to the CAAT statistical reports.

# Airport name City Served IATA/ICAO Passengers Aircraft Freight
2022(total) % YoY 2022 (movs.) % YoY 2022 (tonnes) % YoY
1 Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok BKK/VTBS 28,705,891 410.2 216,462 99.2 1,195,976 6.8
2 Don Mueang International Airport Bangkok DMK/VTBD 16,123,830 219.3 117,718 138.5 6,539 68.4
3 Phuket International Airport Phuket HKT/VTSP 7,807,051 336.9 57,196 212.6 20,447 70.8
4 Chiang Mai International Airport Chiang Mai CNX/VTCC 5,457,942 209.8 38,853 143.3 5,562 71.5
5 Hat Yai International Airport Hat Yai HDY/VTSS 2,938,857 143.1 20,930 107.7 3,743 17.3
6 Udon Thani International Airport Udon Thani UTH/VTUD 1,777,842 169.0 12,748 117.8 530 27.8
7 Chiang Rai International Airport Chiang Rai CEI/VTCT 1,686,118 137.4 11,846 94.4 919 57.1
8 Krabi International Airport Krabi KBV/VTSG 1,418,219 249.6 10,643 178.7 335 70.7
9 Khon Kaen Airport Khon Kaen KKC/VTUK 1,399,890 156.3 10,314 123.5 288 56.2
10 Samui Airport Ko Samui USM/VTSM 1,378,354 361.0 15,575 223.1 385 127.7
11 Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport Nakhon Si Thammarat NST/VTSF 1,282,324 107.2 8,937 59.7 377 56.9
12 Ubon Ratchathani Airport Ubon Ratchathani UBP/VTUU 1,247,193 129.4 8,989 87.3 340 100.9
13 Surat Thani International Airport Surat Thani URT/VTSB 1,166,384 160.2 8,358 110.8 664 63.7
14 Trang Airport Trang TST/VTST 527,636 138.3 3,762 104.6 185 36.9
15 Nan Nakhon Airport Nan NNT/VTCN 451,826 137.5 3,688 74.8 1 N.A.
16 Phitsanulok Airport Phitsanulok PHS/VTPP 341,479 135.8 2,888 51.3 21 7.2
17 Nakhon Phanom Airport Nakhon Phanom KOP/VTUW 336,872 248.1 2,322 169.4 0 N.A.
18 Sakon Nakhon Airport Sakon Nakhon SNO/VTUI 308,713 163.1 2,288 93.2 22 83.9
19 Roi Et Airport Roi Et ROI/VTUV 266,021 257.6 1,947 205.2 0 N.A.
20 Buriram Airport Buriram-Surin BFV/VTUO 196,185 262.0 2,040 75.6 0 N.A.
21 Narathiwat Airport Narathiwat NAW/VTSC 193,409 151.0 1,370 93.0 0 N.A.
22 Loei Airport Loei LOE/VTUL 168,422 160.3 1,391 66.4 5 13.0
23 Lampang Airport Lampang LPT/VTCL 112,313 117.6 2,356 78.5 8 197.4
24 U-Tapao International Airport Chonburi-Pattaya UTP/VTBU 106,236 154.4 1,381 104.9 0 N.A.
25 Ranong Airport Ranong UNN/VTSR 99,354 196.8 933 78.4 0 N.A.

2021 Final Traffic results

The 25 busiest airports in Thailand in 2021[7] ordered by total passenger traffic, according to the CAAT statistical reports.

# Airport name City Served IATA/ICAO Passengers Aircraft Freight
2021(total) % YoY 2021 (movs.) % YoY 2021 (tonnes) % YoY
1 Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok BKK/VTBS 5,626,748 66.3 108,684 28.0 1,120,295 22.8
2 Don Mueang International Airport Bangkok DMK/VTBD 5,050,189 68.0 49,357 62.4 20,682 36.1
3 Phuket International Airport Phuket HKT/VTSP 1,786,811 67.1 18,299 52.6 11,973 6.3
4 Chiang Mai International Airport Chiang Mai CNX/VTCC 1,761,882 63.7 15,966 59.4 3,242 34.0
5 Hat Yai International Airport Hat Yai HDY/VTSS 1,208,742 49.0 10,078 46.2 3,190 32.0
6 Chiang Rai International Airport Chiang Rai CEI/VTCT 710,220 53.0 6,093 49.5 585 39.3
7 Udon Thani International Airport Udon Thani UTH/VTUD 660,829 53.1 5,853 53.4 415 33.8
8 Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport Nakhon Si Thammarat NST/VTSF 618,816 52.1 5,597 44.8 240 52.0
9 Khon Kaen Airport Khon Kaen KKC/VTUK 546,141 51.4 4,615 52.6 184 43.9
10 Ubon Ratchathani Airport Ubon Ratchathani UBP/VTUU 543,718 48.8 4,798 44.9 169 34.8
11 Surat Thani International Airport Surat Thani URT/VTSB 448,271 58.8 3,964 55.6 405 44.4
12 Krabi International Airport Krabi KBV/VTSG 405,619 69.2 3,819 63.7 196 51.5
13 Samui Airport Ko Samui USM/VTSM 299,014 64.2 4,821 55.5 169 67.2
14 Trang Airport Trang TST/VTST 221,431 54.6 1,839 52.5 135 41.1
15 Nan Nakhon Airport Nan NNT/VTCN 190,248 39.1 2,110 18.6 0 N.A.
16 Phitsanulok Airport Phitsanulok PHS/VTPP 144,814 61.3 1,909 50.5 20 81.8
17 Sakon Nakhon Airport Sakon Nakhon SNO/VTUI 117,354 54.6 1,184 53.2 12 43.5
18 Nakhon Phanom Airport Nakhon Phanom KOP/VTUW 96,775 56.6 862 52.6 0 N.A.
19 Narathiwat Airport Narathiwat NAW/VTSC 77,048 48.3 710 45.8 0 N.A.
20 Roi Et Airport Roi Et ROI/VTUV 74,392 64.9 638 65.8 0 N.A.
21 Loei Airport Loei LOE/VTUL 64,694 59.1 836 51.3 5 44.9
22 Buriram Airport Buriram-Surin BFV/VTUO 54,197 70.2 1,162 57.6 0 N.A.
23 Lampang Airport Lampang LPT/VTCL 51,611 63.1 1,320 55.0 3 88.6
24 U-Tapao International Airport Chonburi-Pattaya UTP/VTBU 41,765 92.6 674 86.5 0 N.A.
25 Ranong Airport Ranong UNN/VTSR 33,478 68.7 523 61.6 0 N.A.

2020 Final Traffic results

The 25 busiest airports in Thailand in 2020[8] ordered by total passenger traffic, according to the CAAT statistical reports.

# Airport name City Served IATA/ICAO Passengers Aircraft Freight
2020(total) % YoY 2020 (movs.) % YoY 2020 (tonnes) % YoY
1 Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok BKK/VTBS 16,689,133 74.5 150,894 60.2 912,049 32.9
2 Don Mueang International Airport Bangkok DMK/VTBD 15,762,578 61.8 131,386 51.6 15,201 65.1
3 Phuket International Airport Phuket HKT/VTSP 5,425,285 70.0 38,582 66.5 12,775 77.8
4 Chiang Mai International Airport Chiang Mai CNX/VTCC 4,850,696 57.2 39,352 50.5 4,914 60.1
5 Hat Yai International Airport Hat Yai HDY/VTSS 2,369,713 39.2 18,731 27.4 4,694 39.8
6 Chiang Rai International Airport Chiang Rai CEI/VTCT 1,512,642 48.4 12,061 40.0 963 62.0
7 Udon Thani International Airport Udon Thani UTH/VTUD 1,410,395 43.8 12,563 30.4 626 32.9
8 Krabi International Airport Krabi KBV/VTSG 1,318,743 63.8 10,521 57.2 404 65.0
9 Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport Nakhon Si Thammarat NST/VTSF 1,292,141 7.6 10,133 17.2 500 15.2
10 Khon Kaen Airport Khon Kaen KKC/VTUK 1,123,754 40.3 9,727 30.8 329 45.8
11 Surat Thani International Airport Surat Thani URT/VTSB 1,087,396 41.6 8,923 27.2 729 12.2
12 Ubon Ratchathani Airport Ubon Ratchathani UBP/VTUU 1,062,794 40.7 8,702 27.6 259 54.9
13 Samui Airport Ko Samui USM/VTSM 835,849 65.4 10,823 61.6 516 74.7
14 U-Tapao International Airport Chonburi-Pattaya UTP/VTBU 564,713 65.6 5,008 55.5 0 N.A.
15 Trang Airport Trang TST/VTST 488,237 28.1 3,868 11.7 230 23.8
16 Phitsanulok Airport Phitsanulok PHS/VTPP 374,235 45.7 3,854 31.9 109 27.5
17 Nan Nakhon Airport Nan NNT/VTCN 312,581 18.2 2,592 10.8 0 N.A.
18 Sakon Nakhon Airport Sakon Nakhon SNO/VTUI 258,261 33.3 2,529 11.6 21 45.9
19 Nakhon Phanom Airport Nakhon Phanom KOP/VTUW 223,215 38.2 1,818 24.1 0 N.A.
20 Roi Et Airport Roi Et ROI/VTUV 212,096 44.5 1,867 29.5 0 N.A.
21 Buriram Airport Buriram-Surin BFV/VTUO 181,939 48.8 2,738 21.5 0 N.A.
22 Loei Airport Loei LOE/VTUL 158,227 39.7 1,716 27.9 8 47.3
23 Narathiwat Airport Narathiwat NAW/VTSC 149,049 35.4 1,311 18.6 0 N.A.
24 Lampang Airport Lampang LPT/VTCL 139,974 35.5 2,932 26.5 25 47.7
25 Ranong Airport Ranong UNN/VTSR 107,078 47.9 1,362 38.2 0 N.A.

Busiest airports 2009-2019

  • The busiest airports in Thailand are measured according to data posted by AOT[2] and by the DOA.[9][3][4]
  • A "passenger" is defined as a person who departs, arrives, or transits through any airport inside Thailand at any point during a reporting year. These data show number of departures, arrivals, and connecting passengers for the years indicated for both domestic and international flights arriving on scheduled and non-scheduled services.
# Airport name Location Provinces served IATA ICAO 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
1 Suvarnabhumi Airport Bang Phli, Samut Prakan Samut Prakan, Bangkok BKK VTBS 65,425,879 63,378,923 60,860,704 55,892,428 52,902,110 46,423,352 51,363,451 53,002,328 47,910,904 42,784,967 40,500,224
2 Don Mueang International Airport Don Mueang, Bangkok Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Pathumthani DMK VTBD 41,313,439 40,758,148 38,299,757 35,203,757 30,304,183 21,546,568 16,479,227 5,983,141 3,424,900 2,999,867 2,466,997
3 Phuket International Airport Thalang, Phuket Phuket HKT VTSP 18,118,440 18,221,764 16,855,637 15,107,185 12,859,356 11,401,498 11,342,491 9,541,552 8,467,860 7,043,783 5,779,918
4 Chiang Mai International Airport Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Chiang Mai, Lamphun CNX VTCC 11,333,548 10,989,402 10,230,070 9,446,320 8,365,851 6,630,624 5,463,921 4,491,331 3,880,037 3,178,94 3,062,909
5 Hat Yai International Airport Khlong Hoi Khong, Songkhla Songkhla, Pattani HDY VTSS 3,898,092 4,256,106 4,367,364 4,004,665 3,639,936 3,147,281 2,552,411 2,127,483 1,869,113 1,505,906 1,389,873
6 Krabi International Airport Nuea Khlong, Krabi Krabi KBV VTSG 3,651,568 4,193,099 4,339,599 4,079,564 3,689,672 2,692,569 1,668,163 1,189,878 988,977 836,906 844,167
7 Samui International Airport Ko Samui, Surat Thani Surat Thani USM VTSM 2,631,710[10] 2,554,624 2,051,289 1,990,155 1,968,884 1,861,229 1,483,258 1,416,138 1,413,297
8 Udon Thani International Airport Udon Thani, Udon Thani Udon Thani, Nong Khai UTH VTUD 2,515,431 2,651,242 2,577,524 2,350,005 2,213,689 1,682,709 1,325,302 1,184,517 1,011,881 816,602 722,587
9 Chiang Rai International Airport Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai Chiang Rai, Phayao CEI VTCT 2,928,733 2,867,289 2,503,375 2,038,389 1,745,568 1,379,022 1,089,202 986,436 818,163 726,127 718,536
10 Surat Thani International Airport Phunphin, Surat Thani Surat Thani URT VTSB 1,867,213 2,108,289 2,247,344 2,032,042 1,856,315 1,319,660 1,080,508 816,484 595,184 505,776 394,096
11 U-Tapao International Airport Ban Chang, Rayong Rayong, Chonburi UTP VTBU 1,860,786[11] 1,408,258[12] 710,000[13] 177,120 139,728 127,218 152,860 xxx,xxx 118,826 100,431
12 Ubon Ratchathani Airport Ubon Ratchathani, Ubon Ratchathani Ubon Ratchathani UBP VTUU 1,791,515 1,832,340 1,791,828 1,726,061 1,467,256 1,076,957 835,688 733,718 614,686 453,082 393,451
13 Khon Kaen Airport Khon Kaen, Khon Kaen Khon Kaen, Maha Sarakham, Kalasin KKC VTUK 1,883,383 1,819,013 1,703,209 1,499,562 1,280,185 947,867 592,252 523,340 456,119 391,421 397,645
14 Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport Nakhon Si Thammarat,
Nakhon Si Thammarat		 Nakhon Si Thammarat NST VTSF 1,453,200 1,490,773 1,496,218 1,503,463 1,243,179 974,347 950,133 725,858 654,956 406,792 297,257
15 Trang Airport Trang, Trang Trang TST VTST 679,298 691,270 799,279 648,979 612,629 529,228 504,476 374,798 253,077 202,422 143,560
16 Phitsanulok Airport Phitsanulok, Phitsanulok Phitsanulok, Sukhothai, Uttaradit PHS VTPP 701,148 672,084 600,093 492,117 549,951 456,535 242,293 214,698 205,056 148,227 142,591
17 Nakhon Phanom Airport Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Phanom Nakhon Phanom KOP VTUW 369,418 434,128 419,311 372,026 298,013 220,060 197,315 143,775 33,107 27,530 32,553
18 Roi Et Airport Thawat Buri, Roi Et Roi Et, Maha Sarakham ROI VTUV 383,341 431,785 395,601 334,955 284,667 69,930 60,588 38,501 15,798 629 11,719
19 Nan Nakhon Airport Nan, Nan Nan NNT VTCN 382,324 428,202 349,956 376,420 349,264 113,849 82,101 59,519 33,885 9,136 11,379
20 Sakon Nakhon Airport Sakon Nakhon, Sakon Nakhon Sakon Nakhon SNO VTUI 386,773 382,962 378,057 347,351 425,453 199,492 109,285 97,422 39,536 23,638 25,854
21 Buriram Airport Satuek, Buriram Buriram, Surin BFV VTUO 355,497 340,692 220,856 197,988 117,710 17,431 11,393 4,575 8,207 7,410 7,181
22 Lampang Airport Lampang District, Lampang Lampang LPT VTCL 251,852 268,638 280,062 290,420 261,428 120,520 77,905 55,958 22,343 18,574 28,625
23 Loei Airport Loei, Loei Loei LOE VTUL 263,366 262,906 270,284 261,274 234,419 55,204 41,894 22,451 10,304 884 -
24 Narathiwat Airport Narathiwat, Narathiwat Narathiwat NAW VTSC 230,701 216,856 258,864 241,721 162,413 111,328 111,891 104,612 116,478 105,152 79,802
25 Ranong Airport Ranong, Ranong Ranong UNN VTSR 205,183 214,250 121,484 102,228 90,206 59,706 30,004 7,397 3,185 1,453 10,579
26 Mae Sot Airport Mae Sot, Tak Tak, Myawaddy MAQ VTPM 197,132 193,329 180,094 174,612 144,598 96,330 87,454 34,212 12,854 1,853 1,827
27 Trat Airport Laem Ngop, Trat Trat TDX VTBO 95,406[10] 92,107 80,981 81,246 68,866 61,739 81,756 76,077 67,326
28 Chumphon Airport Pathio, Chumphon Chumphon CJM VTSE 192,162 163,815 87,689 93,567 93,325 48,766 45,542 11,059 5,366 0 28
29 Phrae Airport Phrae, Phrae Phrae PRH VTCP 70,069 88,971 80,961 72,274 48,673 23,371 13,690 9,056 3,494 470 -
30 Sukhothai Airport Sawankhalok, Sukhothai Sukhothai THS VTPO 76,680[10] 74,xxx 57,026 50,355 50,880 46,218 46,270 39,949 38,905
31 Mae Hong Son Airport Mae Hong Son, Mae Hong Son Mae Hong Son HGN VTCH 54,813 63,328 61,327 55,368 39,740 34,269 54,983 56,618 55,213 53,466 76,211
32 Hua Hin International Airport Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phetchaburi HHQ VTPH 88,594 34,779 2,780 12,076 11,437 10,559 9,900 764 0 92 1,266
33 Nakhon Ratchasima Airport Chaloem Phra Kiat,
Nakhon Ratchasima		 Nakhon Ratchasima NAK VTUQ 39 10,671 6,975 89 3,155 - 9 186 552 949 0
34 Pai Airport Pai, Mae Hong Son Mae Hong Son, Mong Hsat PYY VTCI 1,032 1,779 2,110 6,046 5,481 4,289 3,913 3,883 5,014 8,961 9,979
35 Phetchabun Airport Lom Sak, Phetchabun Phetchabun PHY VTPB 1,082 0 0 76 - 7 16 105 0 0
  • Notes: Capacity refers to current design passenger capacity without taking into consideration any unfinished or planned expansion projects or changes to operational hours. Despite recent expansions at several airports, a number of them are still operating beyond capacity, further expansions are likely to continue.

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