Samui Airport

Samui International Airport ท่าอากาศยานสมุย
200px Samui International Airport Departure Terminal
IATA: USM – ICAO: VTSM USM Location of airport in Thailand
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Bangkok Airways
Operator	Bangkok Airways
Serves	Ko Samui
Location	Tambon Bo Phut, Ko Samui, Surat Thani, Thailand
Hub for	Bangkok Airways
Elevation AMSL	64 ft / 20 m
Coordinates
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 6,890 2,100 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 17,415 Total passengers 1,416,138
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Samui International Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติสมุย) (IATA: USM, ICAO: VTSM), also known as Ko Samui Airport or Koh Samui Airport, is a privately owned airport on the island of Ko Samui (Koh Samui) in Thailand. The airport is roughly 2 km north of the main city and largest resort centre on the island, Chaweng. It was built by Bangkok Airways. Construction began in 1982 and the airport was officially opened in April 1989.

Samui Airport is an unusual airport because there is no indoor area, except for the gift shop. Notwithstanding it is the country's seventh busiest airport handling more than a million passengers annually. The airport has two terminals (domestic and international). The international terminal is about 50 metres north of the domestic terminal. Samui Airport is near the Big Buddha Pier where ferries depart to Ko Pha Ngan. High speed ferries to Ko Tao and Chumphon depart from the Maenam Beach Pier, approximately 6 km northwest of the airport.

Samui airport runway, with a Thai Airways Boeing 737

Samui International Airport

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Bangkok Airways	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai, Krabi, Pattaya–U-Tapao, Phuket	Domestic
Bangkok Airways	Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur–International, Singapore	International
Beijing Capital Airlines	Chongqing (begins 15 January 2016)	International
China Southern Airlines	Seasonal Charter: Guangzhou	International
Firefly	Kuala Lumpur–Subang, Penang	International
Lucky Air	Kunming	International
SilkAir	Singapore	International
Thai Airways	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi	Domestic

Statistics

Year	Flights	Arriving Passengers	Departing Passengers	Total passengers
2005	15,818	584,023	621,313	1,205,336
2006	18,762	689,063	711,196	1,400,259
2007	15,783	577,600	611,554	1,189,154
2008	17,707	673,851	691,283	1,365,439
Source: Thailand's Department of Civil Aviation

Accidents and incidents

• On 21 November 1990, a Bangkok Airways Bombardier Dash 8 crashed while attempting to land in heavy rain and high winds. All 38 people on board were killed.
• On 4 August 2009, Bangkok Airways Flight 266, an ATR-72 between Krabi and Ko Samui skidded off the runway, killing one of the pilots.

Weather and climate

Climate data for Ko Samui, Thailand
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	29.0 (84.2)	29.5 (85.1)	30.7 (87.3)	32.1 (89.8)	32.6 (90.7)	32.2 (90)	32.0 (89.6)	31.9 (89.4)	31.6 (88.9)	30.5 (86.9)	29.5 (85.1)	29.1 (84.4)	32.6 (90.7)
Average low °C (°F)	24.1 (75.4)	25.0 (77)	25.6 (78.1)	26.1 (79)	25.8 (78.4)	25.5 (77.9)	25.1 (77.2)	25.1 (77.2)	24.8 (76.6)	24.4 (75.9)	24.1 (75.4)	23.9 (75)	23.9 (75)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	137.8 (5.425)	57.8 (2.276)	77.8 (3.063)	76.6 (3.016)	146.5 (5.768)	112.7 (4.437)	122.8 (4.835)	118.7 (4.673)	116.8 (4.598)	290.2 (11.425)	489.6 (19.276)	209.1 (8.232)	1,956.4 (77.024)
Source: World Weather Information Service: Ko Samui, Thailand

External links

• Ko Samui travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Samui Airport (bangkokair.com)
• Samui Airport Guide
• Airport info and chart (thaiflyingclub.com)
• Airport information for VTSM at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• Samui Airport Statistics