Phuket International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Phuket, Phuket Province (Thailand)

IATA: HKT ICAO: VTSP

Longest Active Runway

10,171 ft

3,100 meters

Field Elevation

82 ft

25 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

8.1133°, 98.3174°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #512 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#841 of 7558

Top 11.2% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Thailand)

#5 of 8 in TH

#5 of 43 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+1.7%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 HKT in numbers: 10,171 ft longest runway · tied #512 of 650 published · #841 of 7,558 worldwide (top 11.2%) · #5 in Thailand.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway 8,000–10,499 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

HKT lies at 25 m (82 ft), #463 of 650 published airports by elevation and 25.1 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 4 ft below the Thailand median (86 ft, 8 airports); CEI is highest at 1,280 ft, 1,198 ft higher than HKT.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

0 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

No published neighbour with a paved runway of 5,000 ft or more within 100 NM of HKT. Nearest published airport: Langkawi International Airport (LGK), 136 NM, 12,500 ft (2,329 ft longer than HKT); 4 within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 10,171 ft (3,100 m)

HKT runway: 09/27 10,171 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: #5 of 8 in Thailand; BKK leads by 2,952 ft (13,123 ft). +1.7% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
09/27	10,171 ft (3100 m / 3.100 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →