Buriram Airport Explained

Nativename-A:Thai: ท่าอากาศยานบุรีรัมย์
Iata:BFV
Icao:VTUO
Type:Public
Operator:Department of Airports
City-Served:Buriram / Surin
Location:Ron Thong, Satuek, Buriram, Thailand
Elevation-F:590
Coordinates:15.2294°N 103.2511°W
Pushpin Map:Thailand
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Thailand
Mapframe:yes
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Label:BFV/VTUO
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mark:Yellow_pog.svg
Pushpin Marksize:11
R1-Number:04/22
R1-Length-M:2,100
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Metric-Rwy:y
Stat-Year:2023
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:251,459 32.77%
Stat2-Header:Aircraft movements
Stat2-Data:2,042 17.89%
Stat3-Header:Freight (tonnes)
Stat3-Data:-
Footnotes:Sources:[1] [2] [3]

Buriram Airport[1] (also known as Buri Ram Airport)[2], is in Ron Thong subdistrict, Satuek district, Buriram province in northeastern Thailand.

Facilities

The airport is at an elevation of 180m (590feet) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 04/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 2100mx45mm (6,900feetx148feetm).

Future Expansion

In 2019, the Department of Airports announced a 700 million baht second passenger terminal will be built at Buriram airport. It will increase the airport's capacity from 750,000 per year to 1.7 million. There will be an extension on the length of the runway to accommodate larger aircraft in the future.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Previously served airlines

AirlinesDestinations[5] Years servedNotes
1996-2002
2002-2005
2005-2006
2006-2009

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year

Traffic by calendar year[6]
YearPassengersChange from previous yearMovementsCargo (tons)
200133,964 765 22.1
200224,972 26.48% 788 6.62
200322,390 10.34% 712 5.10
200430,600 36.67% 753 2.21
200522,321 27.06% 541 1.41
20068,643 61.28% 348 0.24
200711,057 27.93% 424 0.14
20088,407 23.97% 318 0.02
20097,479 11.04% 298 0.00
20107,410 0.92% 240 0.00
20118,207 10.76% 427 0.00
20124,575 44.25% 318 0.00
201311,393 149.03% 501 0.00
201417,431 53.00% 408 0.00
2015117,710 575.29% 1,508 0.00
2016197,988 68.20% 2,258 0.00
2017220,856 11.55% 2,609 0.00
2018340,692 54.26% 3,197 0.00
2019355,497 4.35% 3,461 0.00
2020180,996 49.09% 2,404 0.00

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Buriram Airport . Thai Flying Club . 20 Aug 2012.
  2. Web site: VTUO  - BURI RAM . . AIP Thailand. 20 Aug 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121207110340/http://www.aisthai.go.th/webais/pdf/AERONAUTICALCHARTS/VTUO.pdf . 2012-12-07 .
  3. from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  4. News: Thodsapol . Hongtong . Three airports to be upgraded . 6 August 2019 . Bangkok Post . 6 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Buriram Airport History (Thai). Department of Airports. 4 May 2020.
  6. Web site: Statistics of airports under Department of Airports (Thai). Department of Airports. 4 May 2020. 10 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210310022318/https://www.airports.go.th/th/content/349.html. dead.