Krabi Airport
133 M.5
NHUAKHLONG KRABI 81130
TEL.075-636541-2 FAX.075-636549
Krabi is set to be one of Thailand's newest beach destinations with the opening of its
airport, the start of direct air services to and from Bangkok and the TAT marketing
initiative. Currently the resort has a total 5,000 hotel beds of which 3,000 are in the
category of three stars and above.
But this is insufficient to meet the expected
tourism expansion therefore more hotels are under construction and have
got be open by the start of the high season in November as they have
already been contracted to Tour operators.
Krabi's airport has a turbulent history. It first opened back in 1986 a
joint venture between the town's private & public sectors. The air service was
operated by an 18 setae aircraft and with such limited capacity was not successful.
Clearly Crab needed a much larger airport and work on the new one by the Department of
Aviation started in 1993. And was finally opened on 10 July 1999 by The Prime Minister, He
Chuan Leukepai.

The terminal building is grafted onto the side of a cliff with passengers arriving on the
ground floor to re-claim their bags and then having to take an escalator to the first
floor to leave the building. Apart from passenger and baggage handling the terminal
building has limited services.
The
restaurant, to be managed by a yet to be announced local company is due to open in the
next month. In the event of a delay of more than three hours passengers would be taken to
a nearby hotel for a meal. There is no where yet open to buy a drink, a snack, a newspaper
or a magazine.
Although
Thai Airways operate their flight with both business and economy class, there is no
dedicated check-in for Royal Executive Class passengers, nor the exclusive lounge for them
to wait in. It could be said that the airport opened before it was ready but the basics
are there, flight land and take-of to schedule and the niceties can follow later.
Thai Airways International was the first airline to operate a commercial from Bangkok on
11th July. Their flight a Boeing 737-400 with 12-business class and 137 economy class will
operate three times a week on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. TG 249will depart Bangkok
10.15am arriving into Krabi at 11.35 am and TG250 will depart for Bangkok at 12.10 pm
arriving at 13.30 pm.
PB
Air operated their first commercial service on 14th July with PB86 departing Bangkok on a
German Fairchild Dornier 328 at 1530 arriving into Krabi at 17.10 am with PB87 leaving for
Bangkok at 1740 pm arriving at 19.20 pm.
Now the sky is the limit for Krabi.
Flight Schedule Krabi Airport |
Monday |
Flight No. |
ARR |
DEP |
TG249/250 |
09:25 |
10:10 |
TR188/189 |
12:40 |
13:10 |
TG247/248 |
13:50 |
14:30 |
TG259/260 |
16:20 |
17:00 |
TG279/280 |
20:40 |
21:20 |
|
TUESDAY |
Flight No. |
ARR |
DEP |
TG249/250 |
09:25 |
10:10 |
TG247/248 |
13:60 |
14:30 |
TG259/260 |
16:20 |
17:00 |
TG279/280 |
20:40 |
21:20 |
|
WEDNESDAY |
Flight No. |
ARR |
DEP |
TG249/250 |
09:25 |
10:10 |
NVR811/812 |
10:30 |
12:30 |
TR188/189 |
12:40 |
13:10 |
TG247/248 |
13:50 |
14:30 |
TG259/260 |
16:20 |
17:00 |
TG279/280 |
20:40 |
21:20 |
|
THURSDAY |
Flight No. |
ARR |
DEP |
TG249/250 |
09:25 |
10:10 |
TG247/248 |
13:50 |
14:30 |
TG259/260 |
16:20 |
17:00 |
TG279/280 |
20:40 |
21:20 |
|
FRIDAY |
Flight No. |
ARR |
10 |
TG249/250 |
09:25 |
10:05 |
TR188/189 |
12:40 |
13:10 |
TG247/248 |
13:50 |
14:30 |
TG259/260 |
16:20 |
17:00 |
TG279/280 |
20:40 |
21:20 |
|
SATURDAY |
Flight No. |
ARR |
DEP |
TG249/250 |
09:25 |
10:05 |
TG247/248 |
13:50 |
14:30 |
TG259/260 |
16:20 |
17:00 |
TG279/280 |
20:40 |
21:20 |
|
SUNDAY |
Flight No. |
ARR |
DEP |
TG249/250 |
09:25 |
10:05 |
TR188/189 |
12:40 |
13:10 |
TG247/248 |
13:50 |
14:30 |
TG259/260 |
16:20 |
17:00 |
TG279/280 |
20:40 |
21:20 |
|
Remark |
TG |
Thai Airways (Bangkok-Krabi-Bangkok)
BoeingB737-400 |
|
TG247/248, TG249/250, TG259/260,
TG279/280 |
TR |
Tiger Aieways
(singapore-Krabi-Singapore)
Airbus A-320 (pax180) TR189/188 |
NVR |
Nova Airlines
(Stockholm-Krabi-Stockholm)
Airbus A330-200 (Pax 358) NVR811/812 |
|
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Facilities &
Services..Krabi Airport
Runway, Taxiway, & Apron System
- -
Asphaltic concrete runway with a length of 3,000
meters and width of 45 meters with runway shoulders
of 7.50 meters, pavement strength PCN 72 F/C/X/T
- 3
Asphaltic concrete taxiways: Taxi way A with a length of
270 meters and width of 23 meters with taxiway shoulders
of 10.50 meters/Taxi way B with a length of 270 meters
and width of 26 meters with taxiway shoulders of 10.50
meters.
-
Parallel taxiway C with a length of 1,209 meters and
width 23 meters with taxiways shoulders of 10.50 meters
-
Concrete apron with a length of 323 meters and width of
135 meters
These
facilities can cope with the following aircraft:
-
2 Boeing 747-400s 2 ART
-
2 Boeing 737-400 2 ART
-
2 ATR
hhhh 2
ART
-
Helicopters 2
Helicopters
simultaneously.
Passenger Terminal
- 4 -
Storeyed passenger terminal with a total area of 15,943
square meters with the following details:
First
Floor: a hall with 20 shops, arrival louge, VIP
room1 and 2, loading, information office, police office,
first aid room
Second
Floor: Passport control, VIP room 3 and 4, offices
Third
Floor: a hall with 10 shops, ticket counter,
passport control , custom, departure louge
Forth
Floor: a restuarant, airport office, office, VIP
room 5
-
Conveyor belt : 2 units for arrival and 1 for departure
- 3 units of lift system for the handicapped and
passengers
- 9 units of escalator system for departure and arrival
- Air - Conditioning system for the whole building
- 36 sets of flights information monitor system
- 1 aerobridge
Security System: The security equipment system used
within the new passenger terminal consists of 22 CCTVs,
6 sets of X-Ray, 4 sets of Walk-through and 5 hand
scanners.
Fire
and Rescue: 3 fire trucks, 1 water truck, 1
ambulance, 1 equipment aircraft-rescue truck, 1 vacuum
cleaner truck
Aerodrome Lighting System: PAPI, approach lights,
taxi way edge lights, runway edge lights, treshold
lights, apron flood lights, rotating beacons
New
Car Park: Accomodating 300 cars and 7 buses
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