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Wikipedia / Samui Airport

Samui International Airport () , also known as Ko Samui Airport or Koh Samui Airport, is a privately owned international airport on the island of Ko Samui (Koh Samui) in Thailand. It is located in the island’s Bo Phut subdistrict. The airport is roughly 2km north of the main city and largest resort centre on the island, Chaweng. It was built by Bangkok Airways. Construction began in 1982 and the airport was officially opened in April 1989.

Facilities

Samui Airport has a unique, open-air design, with the indoor areas being the gift shop, ticket office, toilets, and VIP lounge area. It is also the country's seventh-busiest airport, handling more than a million passengers annually. The airport has domestic and international terminals, and a building for check-in and baggage claim. The international terminal is about 50 metres north of the domestic terminal. Samui Airport is near the Big Buddha Pier, where ferries depart for Ko Pha-ngan. High-speed ferries to Ko Tao and Chumphon depart from the Maenam Beach Pier, approximately 6km northwest of the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Since the airport is privately owned by Bangkok Airways, it has a near-monopoly on flights. Between 2008 and 2018, Thai Airways International also operated two daily flights from Bangkok. Scoot has also started a Singapore-Koh Samui route operated by the Embraer E190 jet from 13 May 2024.

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

2015

1,024,373

2019

14,325

1,208,882

Source: Thailand's Department of Civil Aviation & C9 Hotel Works

Accidents and incidents

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