Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport

Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
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IATA: CEI – ICAO: VTCT
CEI is located in Thailand
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CEI
Location of airport in Thailand
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports of Thailand
Location Chiang Rai, Thailand
Elevation AMSL 390 m / 1,280 ft
Coordinates 19°57′08″N 99°52′58″E / 19.95222°N 99.88278°E / 19.95222; 99.88278
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 3,000 9,843 Asphalt

Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (IATA: CEI, ICAO: VTCT) is located in the city of Chiang Rai in northern Thailand.[1]

The airport is located about 10 km from the city centre. Since 1998 it has been managed by the Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT).

Access to the airport is available from an access road linking the airport with Phahonyothin Road (Superhighway), which leads southbound to the city centre, Chiang Mai, Bus Terminal II and all the way to Bangkok and northbound to Mae Chan, Mae Sai and the Thai-Myanmar border.

A new road (Vhiangburapha Road) which can be accessed by turning left upon exiting the airport also leads southbound to the city centre and is a less congested route, as it is not used by intercity buses heading north. The road joins up with Phahonyothin Road via Pao Khun Road which passes Chiang Rai Provincial Stadium.

The airport handles over 500,000 passengers, 3,900 flights and 2,700 tons of cargo every year.

It consists of a single passenger terminal which features a Dairy Queen outlet as well as a Black Canyon Coffee, with both the international and domestic arrivals and departures handled on the same floor but in separate areas.

Although the airport is named Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport, and even though its facilities are capable of handling international flights, it is yet to be served by any international routes. The airport does however handle immigration from THAI flights with international connections to/from Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi.

As per june 2011 Orient Thai Airlines started daily nonstop flghts between Chiang Rai and Macau vv. making it the only international service for the time being.

Contents

Domestic

Airlines Destinations
Orient Thai Airlines (OX) Bangkok-(Don Muang)
Kan Air (KND) Chiang Mai
Thai AirAsia (FD) Bangkok-(Suvarnabhumi)
Thai Airways International (TG) Bangkok-(Suvarnabhumi)

See also

References

  1. ^ Airports of Thailand

External links

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