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Sakon Nakhon Airport ท่าอากาศยานสกลนคร
IATA: SNO ICAO: VTUI
Summary
Airport type	Public / military
Owner	Royal Thai Army
Operator	Department of Airports
Serves	Sakon Nakhon
Location	That Na Weng, Mueang, Sakhon Nakhon, Thailand
Opened	1972; 53 years ago (1972)
Elevation AMSL	529 ft / 161 m
Coordinates	17°11′42.5″N 104°07′07.1″E / 17.195139°N 104.118639°E / 17.195139; 104.118639
Website	www.sakonnakhonairport.com
Maps
SNO/VTUILocation of airport in Thailand
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05/23 8,530 2,600 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 361,906 17.25% Aircraft movements 2,396 5.08% Freight (tonnes) 39.24 76.27%
Sources: Department of Airports

Sakon Nakhon Airport (IATA: SNO, ICAO: VTUI) is in That Na Weng subdistrict, Mueang Sakon Nakhon district, Sakon Nakhon province in northeastern Thailand. It is used for civil and military purposes (Royal Thai Air Force).

Airlines and destinations

Accidents

• On 23 September 1976, a Douglas C-47A (L2-40/15) of the Royal Thai Air Force was damaged beyond economic repair in a take-off accident.

Plans

Airports of Thailand (AOT) budgeted 220 billion baht in 2018 for the creation of two new airports and the expansion of four existing airports owned by the Department of Airports. Sakon Nakhon Airport is one of the four slated for expansion and AOT management. AOT intends to build Chiang Mai 2 in Lamphun Province and Phuket Airport 2 in Phang Nga Province. The three other existing airports to be managed by AOT are Chumphon Airport, Tak Airport, and Udon Thani International Airport.

References

1. "L2-40/15 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
2. Sritama, Suchat (29 July 2018). "Bursting the Tourism Bubble". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

External links

• Sakhon Nakhon travel guide from Wikivoyage

Media related to Sakon Nakhon Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Airports in Thailand
• Buildings and structures in Sakon Nakhon province
• Airports established in 1972