Surat Thani Airport

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The Surat Thani Airport ( Thai: ท่าอากาศยาน สุราษฎร์ธานี; IATA: URT, ICAO code: VTSB ) is an airport located in the district Phunphin Surat Thani province in the southern region of Thailand.

General

The airport, which is 21 km west of Surat Thani, is also the location of the 7th Air Force squadron.

It has a paved runway. 2002 205.321 passengers were handled. 2004 took place 45 835 starts.

On 11 December 1998 an Airbus A310- 204 of Thai Airways crashed into a rubber tree plantation, as she tried the third landing in heavy rain; 101 of the 146 people on board died.

Military use

The Royal Thai Air Force uses the same paths as a military airfield RTAFB Surat Thani. Here the 7th Squadron is stationed with two squadrons, the 701 and the 702 relay.

The main application pattern was for many years the Northrop F- fifth In December 2010, Thailand became the first two Saab 340 Swedish production and two months later, in February 2011, came from the same manufacturer, the first six Gripen in southern Thailand a including four doubles.

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