Hua Hin Airport

Hua Hin Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานหัวหิน) (IATA: HHQ, ICAO: VTPH) is an international airport serving Hua Hin District in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand.[1]

Hua Hin Airport

ท่าอากาศยานหัวหิน
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorDepartment of Airports
ServesHua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phetchaburi, Cha-am
Location65 Phetkasem Road, Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand
Opened3 February 1961 (1961-02-03)
Elevation AMSL62 ft / 19 m
Coordinates12°38′10″N 099°57′05″E
Maps
HHQ is located in Thailand
HHQ
HHQ
Location of airport in Thailand
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 2,100 6,890 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers77,369

Airport upgrade

In August 2018 the Department of Airports announced that it will spend 3.5 billion baht to upgrade Hua Hin Airport over the next five years. The number of travellers using the airport is expected to increase by tenfold, to three million a year, in that timeframe. The upgrade is part of the "Riviera Thailand" and Southern Economic Corridor projects. The work at the airport will take four to five years. It includes enlarging the existing passenger terminal, building a second one, expanding hangar space, and widening the runway from 35[2] to 45 metres.[3] The runways RESA are below ICAOs recommendation.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Thai AirAsia Chiang Mai[4]

In 2019, AirAsia flights to Hua Hin from Kuala Lumpur carried 44,613 passengers.[5]

In 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Air Asia suspended their flights into and out of Hua Hin.[6] In February 2022, when Thailand reopened for tourism, Air Asia restarted their Chiang Mai - Hua Hin flights. Initially these flights were on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.[7] These flights are now on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.[8][9]

References
  1. "HHQ-Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  2. "Hua Hin". World Aero Data. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  3. "Hua Hin airport due for upgrade, Ratchaburi could get small one". The Nation. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  4. Liu, Jim. "Thai AirAsia adds new routes from Hua Hin in August 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. "Hua Hin a Top Destination after Covid". Hua Hin Today. June 2020. p. 2.
  6. "Thai AirAsia suspends Chiang Mai, Udon Thani flights from Hua Hin". Thailand News, Travel & Forum - ASEAN NOW. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  7. "AIRASIA INCREASES CHIANG MAI – HUA HIN FLIGHTS, WHAT'S NEXT?". Hua Hin News - Royal Coast Review. 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  8. "Direct (non-stop) flights from Chiang Mai to Hua Hin - schedules - FlightsFrom.com". www.flightsfrom.com. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  9. Flightradar24. "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map". Flightradar24. Retrieved 2023-01-11.


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