Buriram Airport
{{Short description|Airport in northeastern Thailand}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = {{nowrap|Buriram Airport}}
| nativename-a = {{lang|th|ท่าอากาศยานบุรีรัมย์}}
| image = Buriram Airport 2020.jpg
| IATA = BFV
| ICAO = VTUO
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator = Department of Airports
| city-served = {{ubl|class=nowrap
| Surin}}
| location = Tambon Ron Thong, Amphoe Satuek, Buriram, Thailand
| opened = {{start date and age|1996|10|14|df=yes}}
| elevation-f = 590
| coordinates = {{coord|15|13|46|N|103|15|04|E|region:TH|display=inline,title}}
| website = {{URL|minisite.airports.go.th/buriram}}
| pushpin_map = Thailand
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Thailand
| mapframe = yes
| image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|type=shape|stroke-width=2|stroke-color=#000000|zoom=12|frame-latitude=15.229444|frame-longitude=103.251111}}
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_label = BFV/VTUO
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| pushpin_mark = Yellow_pog.svg
| pushpin_marksize = 11
| r1-number = 04/22
| r1-length-m = 2,100
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| metric-rwy = yes
| stat-year = 2023
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 251,459 {{increase}}32.77%
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 2,042 {{increase}}17.89%
| stat3-header = Freight (tonnes)
| stat3-data = -
| footnotes = Sources:{{cite web | url = http://www.thaiflyingclub.com/linkairportburiram.html | title = Buriram Airport | publisher = Thai Flying Club | accessdate = 20 Aug 2012}}{{cite web | url = http://www.aisthai.go.th/webais/pdf/AERONAUTICALCHARTS/VTUO.pdf | title = VTUO – BURI RAM | format = PDF | publisher =AIP Thailand| accessdate = 20 Aug 2012 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121207110340/http://www.aisthai.go.th/webais/pdf/AERONAUTICALCHARTS/VTUO.pdf | archivedate = 2012-12-07 }}{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050514223128/http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VTUO Airport information for VTUO]}} from DAFIF (effective October 2006){{GCM|BFV|source=DAFIF}}
}}
Buriram Airport {{airport codes|BFV|VTUO}} — also spelled Buri Ram Airport — is in Tambon Ron Thong, Amphoe Satuek, Buriram province in Northeastern Thailand.
Facilities
The airport is at an elevation of {{convert|180|m|0}} above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 04/22 with an asphalt surface measuring {{convert|2100|x|45|m|0}}.
Future Expansion
In 2019, the Department of Airports announced a 700 million baht second passenger terminal will be built at Buriram airport. It will increase the airport's capacity from 750,000 per year to 1.7 million. There will be an extension on the length of the runway to accommodate larger aircraft in the future.{{cite news |last1=Thodsapol |first1=Hongtong |title=Three airports to be upgraded |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1725619/three-airports-to-be-upgraded |accessdate=6 August 2019 |work=Bangkok Post |date=6 August 2019}}
Airlines and destinations
{{airport-dest-list
|Thai AirAsia | Bangkok–Don Mueang, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi (begins 1 July 2025){{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Thai AirAsia 3Q25 Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Domestic Network Expansion |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250327-fd3q25bkk |website=aeroroutes.com |publisher=Aeroroutes |access-date=27 March 2025}} }}
= Previously served airlines =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
! Airlines ! Destinations{{cite web|url=https://minisite.airports.go.th/buriram/about1344.html|title=Buriram Airport History (Thai)|work=Department of Airports|accessdate=4 May 2020}} ! Years served ! Notes | |||
| Thai Airways International | Bangkok–Don Mueang | 1996-2002 | |
| Phuket Air | Bangkok–Don Mueang | 2002-2005 | |
| Nok Air | Bangkok–Don Mueang | ? -2024 | |
| rowspan=2 | PBair | Bangkok–Don Mueang | 2005-2006 | rowspan=2 | |
| Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi | 2006-2009 |
Statistics
= Traffic by calendar year =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%"
|+ Traffic by calendar year{{cite web|url=https://www.airports.go.th/th/content/349.html|title=Statistics of airports under Department of Airports (Thai)|work=Department of Airports|accessdate=4 May 2020|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310022318/https://www.airports.go.th/th/content/349.html|url-status=dead}} |
| Year
! Passengers ! Change from previous year ! Movements ! Cargo (tons) |
|---|
| 2001
| 33,964 || || 765 || 22.1 |
| 2002
| 24,972 || {{decrease}} 26.48% || 788 || 6.62 |
| 2003
| 22,390 || {{decrease}} 10.34% || 712 || 5.10 |
| 2004
| 30,600 || {{increase}} 36.67% || 753 || 2.21 |
| 2005
| 22,321 || {{decrease}} 27.06% || 541 || 1.41 |
| 2006
| 8,643 || {{decrease}} 61.28% || 348 || 0.24 |
| 2007
| 11,057 || {{increase}} 27.93% || 424 || 0.14 |
| 2008
| 8,407 || {{decrease}} 23.97% || 318 || 0.02 |
| 2009
| 7,479 || {{decrease}} 11.04% || 298 || 0.00 |
| 2010
| 7,410 || {{decrease}} 0.92% || 240 || 0.00 |
| 2011
| 8,207 || {{increase}} 10.76% || 427 || 0.00 |
| 2012
| 4,575 || {{decrease}} 44.25% || 318 || 0.00 |
| 2013
| 11,393 || {{increase}} 149.03% || 501 || 0.00 |
| 2014
| 17,431 || {{increase}} 53.00% || 408 || 0.00 |
| 2015
| 117,710 || {{increase}} 575.29% || 1,508 || 0.00 |
| 2016
| 197,988 || {{increase}} 68.20% || 2,258 || 0.00 |
| 2017
| 220,856 || {{increase}} 11.55% || 2,609 || 0.00 |
| 2018
| 340,692 || {{increase}} 54.26% || 3,197 || 0.00 |
| 2019
| 355,497 || {{increase}} 4.35% || 3,461 || 0.00 |
| 2020
| 180,996 || {{decrease}} 49.09% || 2,404 || 0.00 |
| 2021
| 53,810 || {{decrease}} 49.09% || 842 || 0.00 |
| 2022
| 196,057 || {{increase}} 49.09% || 1,732 || 0.00 |
| 2023
| 251,459 || {{increase}} 32.77% || 2,042 || 0.00 |
| 2024
| 255,350 || {{increase}} 32.77% || 1,926 || 0.00 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Wikivoyage-inline|Buriram}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170611074601/http://www.airasia.com/th/en/home.page?cid=1 Air Asia]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150223134955/http://www.nokair.com/nokconnext/aspx/Index.aspx Nok Air]
- {{NWS-current|VTUO}}
- {{ASN|BFV}}
{{Transports in Buriram Province}}
{{Airports in Thailand}}
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