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'{{Short description|Airport in northeastern Thailand}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox airport | name = {{nowrap|Khon Kaen International Airport}} | nativename = {{lang|th|ท่าอากาศยานขอนแก่น}} | nativename-a = | nativename-r = | image = Khon Kaen airport (24583602473).jpg | image-width = | caption = | IATA = KKC | ICAO = VTUK | type = Public / Military | owner = | operator = [[Department of Airports (Thailand)|Department of Airports]] | city-served = [[Khon Kaen]] | location = Ban Pet, [[Mueang Khon Kaen district|Mueang]], [[Khon Kaen province|Khon Kaen]], [[Thailand]] | opened = {{start date and age|1963|02|06|df=yes|p=n|br=n}} | elevation-f = 670 | elevation-m = 204 | metric-elev = | coordinates = {{Coord|16|27|59.86|N|102|47|01.18|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}} | website = | 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=13|frame-latitude=16.466628|frame-longitude=102.783661}} | pushpin_label = '''KKC'''/VTUK | pushpin_label_position = right | r1-number = 03/21 | r1-length-f = 10,007 | r1-length-m = 3,050 | r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]] | metric-rwy = | stat-year = 2023 | stat1-header = Passengers | stat1-data = 1,611,393 {{increase}}15.13% | stat2-header = Aircraft movements | stat2-data = 10,976 {{increase}}7.54% | stat3-header = Freight (tonnes) | stat3-data = 279.2 {{decrease}}3.09% | footnotes = Sources: [https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiNThhZTJkNzYtOWQ1NC00OWEzLTgwNDctMTliYmU0ZTVhYmI4IiwidCI6IjdhOWZmNDg0LWZiMDctNDI3Zi05Y2QyLWJjMjUzOTU1ZGI0YSIsImMiOjEwfQ%3D%3D Department of Airports] }} '''Khon Kaen International Airport''' {{airport codes|KKC|VTUK}} is in Ban Pet subdistrict, [[Mueang Khon Kaen district]], [[Khon Kaen province]] in [[Northeastern Thailand|northeastern]] [[Thailand]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Khon Kaen Airport |url=https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/Khon-Kaen-Airport--6940 |website=Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) |accessdate=29 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175301/https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/Khon-Kaen-Airport--6940 |archive-date=29 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Airlines and destinations== <!-- Please use only independent sources. The airport and airlines itself are not independent sources. --> {{Airport destination list | [[Fly Intira]] | [[Suvarnabhumi Airport|Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi]] | [[Thai AirAsia]] | [[Don Mueang International Airport|Bangkok–Don Mueang]], [[Chiang Mai International Airport|Chiang Mai]], [[Phuket International Airport|Phuket]] | [[Thai Airways International]] | [[Suvarnabhumi Airport|Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi]] | [[Thai Lion Air]] | [[Don Mueang International Airport|Bangkok–Don Mueang]] | [[Thai Summer Airways]] | [[U-Tapao International Airport|Pattaya]] (begins 28 October 2024) | [[Thai VietJet Air]] | [[Suvarnabhumi Airport|Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi]] }} ==2021 airport upgrade== The airport has seen an annual growth rate of 20 percent annually since 2013, handling around two million passengers in 2017. The [[Department of Airports (Thailand)|Department of Airports]] (DOA) has signed a [[memorandum of understanding]] (MOU) to upgrade Khon Kaen Airport by 2021. The two billion baht project will increase passenger capacity from 2.8 million to five million per year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sattaburuth |first1=Aekarach |last2=Jotikasthira |first2=Om |title=Prayut orders airport design contest probe |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1530078/prayut-orders-airport-design-contest-probe |accessdate=29 August 2018 |work=Bangkok Post |date=29 August 2018}}</ref> The terminal will be expanded from 16,500 m² to 44,500 m² to accommodate 1,000–2,000 passengers per hour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Natanri |first1=Chakkrapan |title=Construction of new Khon Kaen airport terminal begins |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/tourism-and-transport/1545246/construction-of-new-khon-kaen-airport-terminal-begins |accessdate=25 September 2018 |work=Bangkok Post |date=23 September 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Khon Kaen Airport}} {{Portal|Aviation}} * {{Wikivoyage-inline|Khon Kaen}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131214132658/http://minisite.aviation.go.th/home.php?site=khonkaen Khon Kaen Airport Homepage] * [https://www.facebook.com/kkc.airport/ Khon Kaen Airport Facebook Page][[File:Khon Kaen Airport (17368246985).jpg|thumb|259x259px|Thai Airways international at Khon Kaen Airport]] [[File:Khon Kaen Airport (28144962830).jpg|thumb|260x260px|An A320-200 of Thai Air Asia]] {{Airports in Thailand}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Khon Kaen]] [[Category:Airports in Thailand]] [[Category:Airports established in 1963]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Khon Kaen province]]'