Hat Yai International Airport

Hat Yai International Airport

ท่าอากาศยานหาดใหญ่
*Tha-akatsayan Hat Yai*
สนามบินหาดใหญ่
*Sanambin Hat Yai*
Hat Yai International Airport; ท่าอากาศยานหาดใหญ่; Tha-akatsayan Hat Yai; สนามบินหาดใหญ่; Sanambin Hat Yai
	Hat Yai International Airport (April 2024)
	IATA: HDY; ICAO: VTSS;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Airports of Thailand
Serves	Hat Yai
Location	Khlong La, Khlong Hoi Khong, Songkhla, Thailand
Operating base for	Thai AirAsia
Elevation AMSL	90 ft / 27 m
Coordinates	06°55′59″N 100°23′34″E / 6.93306°N 100.39278°E
Website	hatyai.airportthai.co.th
Maps
	HDY/VTSS Location of airport in Thailand
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Total passengers
Total passengers	3,122,124 6.01%
International passengers	248,476 139.76%
Domestic passengers	2,873,648 1.14%
Aircraft movements	20,230 4.01%
Freight (tonnes)	3,179 15.05%
	Source: Airports of Thailand

Hat Yai International Airport (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

Annual passenger traffic at HDY airport. See Wikidata query.

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)
2011	1,869,113	–	14,032	15,476
2012	2,127,483	013.82%	15,052	16,206
2013	2,552,509	019.98%	17,551	12,295
2014	3,147,281	023.3%	22,319	9,287
2015	3,639,936	015.65%	24,607	9,695
2016	4,004,665	010.02%	28,097	9,044
2017	4,367,364	09.06%	30,067	9,567
2018	4,256,107	02.55%	29,203	8,445
2019	3,898,092	08.41%	25,899	7,794
2020	2,371,193	039.17%	18,798	4,693
2021	1,209,855	048.98%	10,150	3,192
2022	2,944,984	0143.42%	21,075	3,742
2023	3,122,124	06.01%	20,230	3,179

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

Airlines	Destinations
Bangkok Airways	Phuket
Batik Air Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur–International^[4]
Nok Air	Bangkok–Don Mueang
Scoot	Singapore
Thai AirAsia	Bangkok–Don Mueang, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai, Kuala Lumpur–International,^[5] Singapore
Thai Airways International	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi Seasonal Charter: Medina
Thai Lion Air	Bangkok–Don Mueang, Udon Thani
Thai Summer Airways	Pattaya
Thai VietJet Air	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi

Accidents and incidents

During the 2005 Songkhla bombings, a bomb planted at the departure lounge by Pattani separatists exploded on 3 April 2005, killing two passengers and injuring ten.^[6]