Samui International Airport , also known as Ko Samui Airport or Koh Samui Airport, is a privately owned airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 on the island of Ko Samui

Ko Samui

Ko Samui island of Surat Thani Province , or often, simply Samui as it is referred to by locals, is an island off the east coast of the Kra Isthmus in Thailand, close to the mainland Surat Thani town. It is Thailand's second largest island, with an area of 228.7 km2 and a population of over...

 (Koh Samui) in Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. The airport is located roughly 2 km north of the main village Chaweng.

Samui Airport is an unusual airport because there is no indoor area, except the gift shop. Notwithstanding it is the country's fifth busiest airport

Busiest airports in Thailand

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 handling more than a million passengers yearly. The airport has 2 terminals (Domestic & International). The International terminal is located about 50 metres north of the domestic. The airport is located near the Big Buddha Pier where ferries to Ko Pha Ngan

Ko Pha Ngan

Ko Pha Ngan is an island in the Gulf of Thailand in South East Thailand. It is famous for its full moon party at Haad Rin Beach and as a backpackers destination. Ko Pha Ngan has two sister islands: the larger Ko Samui to the south and the smaller Ko Tao to the north.* Area: about 168 km²*...

 depart from. High speed ferries to Koh Tao and Chumphon

Chumphon

Chumphon is a town in southern Thailand, capital of the Chumphon Province and the Mueang Chumphon district. The city is located about 463 kilometers away from Bangkok...

 depart from the Maenam beach pier, located approx 6 km North west of the airport. It was built by Bangkok Airways. Construction began in 1982 and was officially opened in April 1989.

Airlines and destinations

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
Source: Thailand's Department of Civil Aviation

Accidents and incidents

• On 21 November 1990, a Bangkok Airways
  Bangkok Airways
  Bangkok Airways Co., Ltd. is a regional airline based in Chatuchak District, Bangkok, Thailand. It operates scheduled services to destinations in Thailand, Cambodia, China, Laos, Maldives, Burma, India and Singapore...
  
   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
  Bangkok Airways Flight 266
  Bangkok Airways Flight 266 was a scheduled domestic service to Samui Airport, Thailand, which overran the runway on landing and crashed into an old and unmanned control tower on 4 August 2009.-Aircraft:...
  
  , operated by an ATR-72 between Krabi
  Krabi
  Krabi is a town on the west coast of southern Thailand at the mouth of the Krabi River where it empties in Phangnga Bay. As of 2005 the town has a population of 24,986. The town is the capital of Krabi Province and Krabi district...
  
   and Koh Samui skidded off the runway, killing one of the pilots.

External links

• Samui Airport (bangkokair.com)
• Timetable for Samui flights
• Samui Airport Guide
• Airport info and chart (thaiflyingclub.com)
• Samui Airport Information
• Samui Airport Statistic