Hat Yai International Airport

Hat Yai International Airport
ท่าอากาศยานหาดใหญ่
Tha-akatsayan Hat Yai
Hat Yai International Airport (April 2024)
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorAirports of Thailand
ServesHat Yai
LocationKhlong La, Khlong Hoi Khong, Songkhla, Thailand
Operating base forThai AirAsia
Elevation AMSL90 ft / 27 m
Coordinates06°55′59″N 100°23′34″E / 6.93306°N 100.39278°E / 6.93306; 100.39278
Websitehatyai.airportthai.co.th
Maps
HDY/VTSS
Location of airport in Thailand
Interactive map of Hat Yai International Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 10,007 3,150 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2024)
Total passengers3,098,213 0.77%
International passengers285,963 15.09%
Domestic passengers2,812,250 2.14%
Aircraft movements20,551 1.59%
Freight (tonnes)3,689 11.52%
Source: Airports of Thailand[1]

Hat Yai International Airport[a] (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.

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

PassengersYear1,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,0003,500,0004,000,0004,500,0002007201020132016201920222025PassengersAnnual passenger traffic

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 13.82% 15,052 16,206
2013 2,552,509 19.98% 17,551 12,295
2014 3,147,281 23.3% 22,319 9,287
2015 3,639,936 15.65% 24,607 9,695
2016 4,004,665 10.02% 28,097 9,044
2017 4,367,364 9.06% 30,067 9,567
2018 4,256,107 2.55% 29,203 8,445
2019 3,898,092 8.41% 25,899 7,794
2020 2,371,193 39.17% 18,798 4,693
2021 1,209,855 48.98% 10,150 3,192
2022 2,944,984 143.42% 21,075 3,742
2023 3,122,124 6.01% 20,230 3,179
2024 3,098,213 0.77% 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

AirlinesDestinations
Bangkok Airways Phuket[4]
Batik Air Malaysia Kuala Lumpur–International[5]
Berjaya Air Kuala Lumpur–Subang[6]
EZY Airlines Betong, Hua Hin[7]
Nok Air Bangkok–Don Mueang[8]
Scoot Singapore[9]
Thai AirAsia Bangkok–Don Mueang,[10] Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[11] Chiang Mai,[12] Kuala Lumpur–International[13][14]
Thai Airways International Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi[15]
Thai Lion Air Bangkok–Don Mueang,[16] Udon Thani
Thai VietJet Air Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi[17]

Accidents and incidents

Notes

  1. ^ Thai: ท่าอากาศยานหาดใหญ่

References

  1. ^ "Air Transport Statistic". Airports of Thailand. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  2. ^ "AOT traffic statistics" (PDF). 2024-07-11.
  3. ^ Kositchotethana, Boonsong (3 May 2016). "AoT plans Hat Yai expansion". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
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  6. ^ "Berjaya Air to launch commercial operations in February 2026 with five regional routes". The Edge Malaysia. 2025-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-14.
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  14. ^ Töre, Özgür (15 March 2022). "AirAsia Resumes Flights from Malaysia to Thailand". ftnNews. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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