Hat Yai International Airport

Hat Yai International Airport (IATA: HDY, ICAO: VTSS) is in Khlong La subdistrict, Khlong Hoi Khong district, Songkhla province in southern Thailand, near the city of Hat Yai. It is under the management of Airports of Thailand, PLC (AOT). It serves more than 3 million passengers per year, 12,000 flights, and 3,000 tons of cargo, making it the fifth busiest airport in the country by passenger traffic in 2023.

Hat Yai International Airport ท่าอากาศยานหาดใหญ่ Tha-akatsayan Hat Yai
Hat Yai International Airport (April 2024)
IATA: HDY ICAO: VTSS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Airports of Thailand
Serves	Hat Yai
Location	Khlong La, Khlong Hoi Khong, Songkhla, Thailand
Operating base for	Thai AirAsia
Elevation AMSL	90 ft / 27 m
Coordinates	06°55′59″N 100°23′34″E
Website	hatyai.airportthai.co.th
Maps
HDY/VTSS Location of airport in Thailand
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 10,007 3,150 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2024)
Total passengers 3,098,213 0.77% International passengers 285,963 15.09% Domestic passengers 2,812,250 2.14% Aircraft movements 20,551 1.59% Freight (tonnes) 3,689 11.52%
Source: Airports of Thailand[1]

Overview

At longitude 100° 23' 55" E and latitude 06° 55' 46" N, 28 m above sea level, the airport is 9 km (6 mi) east of downtown Hat Yai and 43 km east of Songkhla city. Highway 4135 (Sanambin Panij Road) links to the airport. Its service hours are 06:00–24:00. The runway can handle 30 flights per hour, and its durability is rated at PCN 60/F/C/X/T. There are seven taxiways and an apron area of 56,461 m².

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at HDY airport. See Wikidata query.

Traffic by calendar year

Comparison of passenger volume, aircraft movements and cargo volume at Hat Yai International Airport, by year^[2]

Year	Passengers	Change from previous year	Movements	Cargo (tons)	Notes
2011	1,869,113	–	14,032	15,476
2012	2,127,483	013.82%	15,052	16,206
2013	2,552,509	019.98%	17,551	12,295
2014	3,147,281	023.3%	22,319	9,287
2015	3,639,936	015.65%	24,607	9,695
2016	4,004,665	010.02%	28,097	9,044
2017	4,367,364	09.06%	30,067	9,567
2018	4,256,107	02.55%	29,203	8,445
2019	3,898,092	08.41%	25,899	7,794
2020	2,371,193	039.17%	18,798	4,693
2021	1,209,855	048.98%	10,150	3,192
2022	2,944,984	0143.42%	21,075	3,742
2023	3,122,124	06.01%	20,230	3,179
2024	3,098,213	00.77%	20,551	3,544

Expansion

Expansion plans are in the works, as the airport is designed for 2.5 million passengers and was already seeing 4.5 million passengers in 2018. The upgrade will expand the airport's capacity to serve over 10 million passengers by 2030.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Bangkok Airways	Phuket
Batik Air Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur–International[4]
EZY Airlines	Betong
Nok Air	Bangkok–Don Mueang
Scoot	Singapore
Thai AirAsia	Bangkok–Don Mueang, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai, Kuala Lumpur–International[5]
Thai Airways International	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Thai Lion Air	Bangkok–Don Mueang, Udon Thani
Thai VietJet Air	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi

Accidents and incidents

• During the 2005 Songkhla bombings, a bomb planted at the departure lounge by Pattani separatists exploded on 3 April 2005, killing two passengers and injuring ten.^[6]

Gallery

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  Entrance of airport
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  Hat Yai International Airport Domestic Terminal
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  Arrival hall
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  Gate 4
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  Terminal bay
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  Thai AirAsia Airbus A320 at Hat Yai International Airport