OurAirports: Comments on airports in Thailand

[VTBT] "Airport Information" by Anonymous Flier

Wed, 23 May 2012 06:19:32 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Bang Pra Airport, Thailand:

Runways 5 - 23

Length 3031

Asphalt

Elevation 1 ft

NOTE: Difficult approach to runway 23, skimming down a hill on final.

[VTUO] "To get flights" by Anonymous Flier

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:04:15 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Buri Ram Airport, Thailand:

There are lack of a real traffic to and from this airport. At the late of 1990,s airport had a customers and travellers with several different operators one by one. But why everything has been closed down? First Thai Airways operated with a multiple routing Bangkok-NakhonRatchasimä-Buriram. This could be a new way again to enable this airport traffic and customers. For example a route together to Roi ET unused new airport.

[VTBO] "re: re: IATA code = TDX" by david

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:28:45 -0400

Comment by @david on Trat Airport, Thailand:

Reply to @nicolai: thank you very much for making the correction.

[VTBO] "re: IATA code = TDX" by nicolai

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:59:23 -0400

Comment by @nicolai on Trat Airport, Thailand:

Corrected it myself

[VTBO] "IATA code = TDX" by nicolai

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:56:43 -0400

Comment by @nicolai on Trat Airport, Thailand:

The IATA code for Trat Airport appears to be TDX according to the linked wiki page. This is missing from the database.

[VTBU] "circuit avoidance" by Anonymous Flier

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:17:06 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on U-Tapao International Airport, Thailand:

To avoid the circuit go above 3000 ft.

[VTBS] "VTBS" by jmblanco430

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:45:09 -0400

Comment by @jmblanco430 on Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand:

THE BIGGEST AND HIGHGEST CONTROL TOWER IN THE WORLD.

[VTBD] "History" by david

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:07:55 -0500

Comment by @david on Don Mueang International Airport, Thailand:

This field opened for military use in 1914, and received its first airline flights in 1924. It was a major US airbase during the Vietnam war, as well as Bangkok's main civilian airport until the new Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) opened in 2006. It's currently a joint-use military civilian airport, hosting the Royal Thai Air Force's 1st Air Division.

[VTUN] "Another Great Home For A Year" by XingR

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:46:13 -0400

Comment by @XingR on Khorat Airport, Thailand:

I spent the year of 1972 at Khorat. Like my earlier time at Tahkli it is hard to think why a person would have such fond memories of a place ... but I do. Again I spent most of my year there building drop tanks, leading a wonderful crew of Thai civilian workers. The end of my tour there encompased the last Linebacker missions when our F-105s and F-4's flew round the clock stopping only when all the tanks we could build were used up. The B-52s from Guam and Utapao flew missions right into the "Downtown" Route packs and even shot down Migs on their own. A sad thing indeed, war, but at least we got the air war stopped ... I'll leave it to others to battle over the rights and wrongs, I served.

[VTPI] "A Home For An Eventful year" by XingR

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:34:00 -0400

Comment by @XingR on Takhli Airport, Thailand:

I lived and worked at Takhli Royal Thai AB for a wonderful year of my life in 1967. There was a war on so I wonder that I consider it "wonderful" but it was .. my first real time truly away from home and holding down a really responsible job ..building drop tanks for the mssisons we were flying over North Vietnam.

I'm glad to see the old place is still going strong. The former American quarters are west of the south end of runway 36 and the shiny new maintenance complex to the est is all new in the past few years ... I dearly miss my time there and I miss the wonderful Thai workers I was priviledged to lead as we did our bit to help.