Air travel in Thailand
Every airport and active airline registered in Thailand, ranked by scheduled-route activity. Use this page to find the country's main hubs, see which carriers run the domestic network, and click through to route detail.
Thailand is one slice of a global network covering 6,071 airports across 235 countries. The OpenFlights dataset puts 41 airports inside this country with valid IATA codes, served by 13 active airlines registered locally. Together those airports show 605 distinct scheduled departures in the routes table. That figure is a rough proxy for how well-connected the country's airports are, even though it's not a literal count of flights.
Airports below are sorted by scheduled-route volume, so the country's main hubs sit at the top. Smaller regional airports follow, including the seasonal-only and domestic-only fields. Each row links through to a dedicated airport page with destinations served and the airlines operating there.
Airports in Thailand
Showing 41 of 41 airports, ranked by departures on file.
| IATA | Airport | City | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|
| BKK | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok | 326 |
| HKT | Phuket International Airport | Phuket | 71 |
| DMK | Don Mueang International Airport | Bangkok | 67 |
| CNX | Chiang Mai International Airport | Chiang Mai | 48 |
| USM | Samui Airport | Ko Samui | 18 |
| KBV | Krabi Airport | Krabi | 16 |
| CEI | Chiang Rai International Airport | Chiang Rai | 11 |
| HDY | Hat Yai International Airport | Hat Yai | 6 |
| UTH | Udon Thani Airport | Udon Thani | 6 |
| URT | Surat Thani Airport | Surat Thani | 4 |
| PHS | Phitsanulok Airport | Phitsanulok | 3 |
| UBP | Ubon Ratchathani Airport | Ubon Ratchathani | 3 |
| UTP | U-Tapao International Airport | Pattaya | 2 |
| TST | Trang Airport | Trang | 2 |
| NST | Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport | Nakhon Si Thammarat | 2 |
| KOP | Nakhon Phanom Airport | Nakhon Phanom | 2 |
| KKC | Khon Kaen Airport | Khon Kaen | 2 |
| NNT | Nan Airport | Nan | 2 |
| LPT | Lampang Airport | Lampang | 1 |
| PRH | Phrae Airport | Phrae | 1 |
| NAW | Narathiwat Airport | Narathiwat | 1 |
| UNN | Ranong Airport | Ranong | 1 |
| SNO | Sakon Nakhon Airport | Sakon Nakhon | 1 |
| LOE | Loei Airport | Loei | 1 |
| THS | Sukhothai Airport | Sukhothai | 1 |
| HGN | Mae Hong Son Airport | Mae Hong Son | 1 |
| ROI | Roi Et Airport | Roi Et | 1 |
| BFV | Buri Ram Airport | Buri Ram | 1 |
| TDX | Trat Airport | Trat | 1 |
| PYY | Mae Hong Son Airport | Pai | 1 |
| CJM | Chumphon Airport | Chumphon | 1 |
| MAQ | Mae Sot Airport | Tak | 1 |
| KDT | Kamphaeng Saen Airport | Nakhon Pathom | 0 |
| HHQ | Hua Hin Airport | Prachuap Khiri Khan | 0 |
| TKH | Takhli Airport | Nakhon Sawan | 0 |
| SGZ | Songkhla Airport | Songkhla | 0 |
| PAN | Pattani Airport | Pattani | 0 |
| PXR | Surin Airport | Surin | 0 |
| NAK | Nakhon Ratchasima Airport | Nakhon Ratchasima | 0 |
| PHY | Phetchabun Airport | Phetchabun | 0 |
| TKT | Tak Airport | Tak | 0 |
Airlines based in Thailand
Active carriers with a two-letter IATA code registered in this country.
| IATA | Airline | Callsign |
|---|---|---|
| PG | Bangkok Airways | BANGKOK AIR |
| DD | Nok Air | NOK AIR |
| OX | Orient Thai Airlines | ORIENT THAI |
| 9Q | PB Air | PEEBEE AIR |
| T2 | Thai Air Cargo | THAI CARGO |
| TG | Thai Airways International | THAI |
| FD | Thai AirAsia | THAI ASIA |
| 5E | SGA Airlines | SIAM |
| 8B | BusinessAir | – |
| ZN | Zenith International Airline | ZENITH |
| SL | Thai Lion Air | – |
| WE | Thai Smile Airways | THAI SMILE |
| E8 | City Airways | CITY AIR |
Reading this page
The departures column counts the number of distinct routes filed in the OpenFlights schedule from each airport. A hub with hundreds of departures is a major connecting point; a regional field with a single-digit count typically supports a small number of feeder flights to the nearest hub. The list does not weight routes by frequency or seat capacity, so two airports with similar departure counts can carry very different passenger volumes in practice.
For the most current operational picture, cross-reference an airport page with the airline's own website. The underlying dataset is community-maintained and reflects scheduled-route relationships rather than a live timetable.
Country pages on AeroRoute Guide are short on purpose. They answer one travel-planning question: which airports and carriers are worth knowing in Thailand. If you're routing a trip, start at the top of the airports table and work down. If you're researching a specific airline, jump from the airlines table to the carrier profile for its full destination map. Cross-links between countries, hubs, and routes mean a single click usually moves you from a high-level overview into operational detail. When the data shows zero registered carriers, the country isn't unreachable. It almost always means scheduled service comes from foreign airlines based elsewhere, and those flights show up on the relevant airport pages.