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Chumphon Airport ท่าอากาศยานชุมพร
IATA: CJM ICAO: VTSE
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Operator	Department of Airports
Serves	Chumphon
Location	Chum Kho, Pathio, Chumphon, Thailand
Opened	14 March 1998; 26 years ago (1998-03-14)
Elevation  AMSL	18 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	10°42′40.32″N 099°21′42.14″E / 10.7112000°N 99.3617056°E / 10.7112000; 99.3617056
Website	www.chumphonairport.net
Maps
CJM/VTSE Location of airport in Thailand
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 6,890 2,100 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 122,803 33.47% Aircraft movements 828 0.95% Freight (tonnes) -
Sources: Department of Airports

Chumphon Airport ( IATA: CJM, ICAO: VTSE), is in Chum Kho subdistrict, Pathio district, Chumphon province in southern Thailand. The airport is 35 kilometres north of downtown Chumphon.

Airlines and destinations

Overview

In 2008 the airport reopened after nine years of closure. The airport now serves as a gateway to the islands of the Gulf of Thailand.

Plans

Airports of Thailand (AOT) is budgeting 220 billion baht in 2018 for the creation of two new airports and the expansion of four existing airports owned by the Department of Airports. Chumphon Airport is one of the four slated for expansion and AOT management. AOT intends to build Chiang Mai 2 in Lamphun Province and Phuket Airport 2 in Phang Nga Province. The three other existing airports to be managed by AOT are Tak Airport, Sakon Nakhon Airport, and Udon Thani International Airport. ^[1]

Notes

References

External links

• World Aero Data Chumphon Airport ^[usurped]
• Thai Flying Club
• Chumphon Airport Information
• Airport Fact Sheet