Samui International Airport
Facilities
Samui Airport has a unique, open-air design, with the indoor areas being the gift shop, ticket office, toilets, and VIP lounge area. It is also the country's seventh-busiest airport, handling more than a million passengers annually. The airport has terminals (domestic and international), plus a building for check-in and baggage claim. The international terminal is about 50 metres north of the domestic terminal. Samui Airport is near the Big Buddha Pier, where ferries depart for Ko Pha-ngan. High-speed ferries to Ko Tao and Chumphon depart from the Maenam Beach Pier, approximately 6 km northwest of the airport.
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Domestic departure entrance -
Waiting area of the domestic terminal -
Open-space waiting area of the domestic terminal -
Boarding gate of the domestic terminal -
Airside of the arrival terminal
Airlines and destinations
Since the airport is privately owned by Bangkok Airways, it has a near-monopoly on flights. Between 2008 and 2018, Thai Airways International also operated two daily flights from Bangkok. Scoot has also started a Singapore-Koh Samui route on the Embraer E190 jet starting from 13 May 2024.
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Bangkok Airways | Bangkok–Don Mueang, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chiang Mai, Hong Kong, Krabi, Pattaya, Phuket, Singapore |
| Scoot | Singapore |
| Tibet Airlines | Xi'an |
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 |
| 2015 | 1,024,373 | |||
| 2019 | 14,325 | 1,208,882 | ||
| Source: Thailand's Department of Civil Aviation & C9 Hotel Works | ||||
Accidents and incidents
- On 21 November 1990, Bangkok Airways Flight 125, a 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 arriving from Krabi skidded off the runway, killing a captain.
References
- ^ "Thai Airways to end Bkk-Samui flights". The Nation. Bangkok. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Bangkok-Samui: Southeast Asia's largest monopoly air route".
- ^ "Bangkok Airways Adds Bangkok Don Mueang Service in NW23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "Bangkok Airways resumes Koh Samui – Hong Kong service from July 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ Megha Paul (26 July 2021). "Bangkok Airways to resume first international flight on Samui – Singapore route from 1 Aug". Travel Daily.
- ^ Tay Peck Gek (5 March 2024). "Scoot adds Koh Samui and Sibu to network with new Embraer planes". The Business Times. SPH Media Limited.
- ^ "Tibet Airlines Resumes Xi'An – Koh Samui Service From August 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Samui Airport 2005 Statistics". Thai Department of Civil Aviation. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Samui Airport 2006 Statistics". Thai Department of Civil Aviation. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Samui Airport 2007 Statistics". Thai Department of Civil Aviation. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Samui Airport 2008 Statistics" (PDF). Thai Department of Civil Aviation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Samui Airport 2015 Statistics" (PDF). C9 Hotel Works.
- ^ "ACCIDENT DETAILS". Plane Crash Info. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Accident description for HS-SKI at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2017-11-03.
- ^ "Fatalities reported as Bangkok Airways ATR 72–500 skids off runway". Flight Global. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
External links
Ko Samui travel guide from Wikivoyage- Samui Airport (bangkokair.com)
- Official website
