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Surat Thani Airport (IATA: URT, ICAO: VTSB) is in Phunphin district, Surat Thani province, Thailand. The airport, which is located 21 km west of Surat Thani, is also the Wing 7 Airforce base. Surat Thani has a single paved runway.
On December 11, 1998 a Thai Airways International A310-200 (HS-TIA), bound for Surat Thani from Bangkok, was making its third landing attempt during a heavy rain and crashed into a rice paddy about 2 miles (3 km) from the airport; 102 of 143 passengers and crew aboard were killed.
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[edit] Statistics (2005)
- Movements - 5,983
- Passenger departures - 102,808
- Passenger arrivals - 101,338
- Outgoing cargo - 1,149,551 kg
- Incoming cargo - 503,988 kg
[edit] Statistics (2006)
- Movements - 3,596
- Passenger departures - 133,774
- Passenger arrivals - 128,577
- Outgoing cargo - 892,378 kg
- Incoming cargo - 548,191 kg
- Outgoing Mail Cargo - 27 kg
- Incoming Mail Cargo - 79,319 kg
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