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Surat Thani Airport (IATA: URT, ICAO: VTSB) is in Phunphin district, Surat Thani province, Thailand. The airport, which is located 21 km west of Surat Thani, is also the Wing 7 Airforce base. Surat Thani has a single paved runway.
On December 11, 1998, Thai Airways International Flight 261, an A310-200 (HS-TIA) bound for Surat Thani from Bangkok, was making its third landing attempt in heavy rain and crashed into a rice paddy about 2 miles (3 km) from the airport; 101 of the 146 passengers and crew aboard were killed.
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[edit] Statistics (2005)
- Movements - 5,983
- Passenger departures - 102,808
- Passenger arrivals - 101,338
- Total Passenger - 204,146
- Outgoing cargo - 1,149,551 kg
- Incoming cargo - 503,988 kg
[edit] Statistics (2006)
- Movements - 3,810
- Passenger departures - 144,946
- Transit - 1,214
- Passenger arrivals - 142,246
- Total Passenger - 288,406
- Outgoing cargo - 925,074 kg
- Incoming cargo - 579,877 kg
- Outgoing Mail Cargo - 27 kg
- Incoming Mail Cargo - 79,319 kg
[edit] Statistics (2007)
- Movements - 3,030
- Passenger departures - 165,540
- Transit - 512
- Passenger arrivals - 161,718
- Total Passenger - 327,770
- Outgoing cargo - 590,167 kg
- Incoming cargo - 347,545 kg
- Outgoing Mail Cargo - 103 kg
- Incoming Mail Cargo - 0 kg
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