AirportsSurat Thani Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Surat Thani, in Surat Thani Province, Thailand. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is URT.
Key facts
- IATA code
- URT
- ICAO code
- VTSB
- City
- Surat Thani
- State or region
- Surat Thani Province
- Country
- Thailand
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 9.1326° N, 99.1356° E
- Elevation
- 6 m (20 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, URT means Surat Thani Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VTSB. ICAO codes that begin with V belong to South Asia and mainland South-East Asia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 9.1326° N, 99.1356° E. It stands 6 metres (20 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Bangkok, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Surat Thani Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,000 metres (9,843 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 33 airports of Thailand on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 12.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,000 m 9,843 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ranong AirportRanong | UNN | 94 km |
| Nakhon Si Thammarat AirportNakhon Si Thammarat | NST | 111 km |
| Samui International AirportNa Thon (Ko Samui Island) | USM | 112 km |
| Krabi International AirportKrabi | KBV | 116 km |
| Kawthoung AirportKawthoung, Myanmar | KAW | 121 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,157 km | 4 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,036 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,954 km | 6 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,870 km | 12 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,433 km | 17 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,801 km | 17 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 1,019 km | 1 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,052 km | 6 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 7,280 km | 9 h 15 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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