Pai Airport

Pai Airport

ท่าอากาศยานปาย
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator
ServesPai
LocationWiang Tai, Pai, Mae Hong Son, Thailand
Opened1945; 79 years ago (1945)
Coordinates19°22′22″N 098°26′19″E / 19.37278°N 98.43861°E / 19.37278; 98.43861
Websiteminisite.airports.go.th/pai
Map
PYY/VTCI is located in Thailand
PYY/VTCI
PYY/VTCI
Location of airport in Thailand
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 3,280 1,000 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers1,032

Pai Airport (IATA: PYY, ICAO: VTCI) is in Wiang Tai subdistrict, Pai district, Mae Hong Son province in northern Thailand. Originally constructed during World War II by the Japanese Imperial Army, the airport was deserted after the end of the war and was developed by the province in 1945 for civil aviation.

Located on a 72.3-rai area around a kilometre away from Mueang Mae Hong Son, the capital district of the province, the airport has one runway (23 metres wide, 1,000 metres long).[1]

In early 2017, an expansion of the airport was considered by the government to increase tourism, but was ultimately denied after opposition from locals.[2]

  1. ^ "กรมการบินพลเรือน". minisite.aviation.go.th. Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  2. ^ "DOA denies expansion at Pai airport". Bangkok Post.