Khon Kaen Airport
Khon Kaen Airport
Khon Kaen International Airport (IATA: KKC, ICAO: VTUK) is located in Ban Pet subdistrict, Mueang Khon Kaen district, Khon Kaen province in northeastern Thailand. Approximately 8 kilometers west of the city center and 2 kilometers from Highway No. 12 (Khon Kaen - Loei), it covers an area of 1,780,800 square meters and is an airport under the Department of Airports, Ministry of Transport. It was announced as a customs airport on September 1, 1991. Now, Thai Air Asia has chosen Khon Kaen Airport as the aviation hub of the Northeast. Khon Kaen Airport has accelerated the expansion of the airport, including the passenger terminal, runway, and other parts to support its status as an international airport.
Location
16.467°N, 102.784°E · 204 m s. n. m. (670 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 2
Tower
Approach
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
Khon Kaen Airport was originally a small airport located in the center of Khon Kaen. It had a laterite runway measuring 30 meters wide and 1,300 meters long. There were no communication devices or navigation aids. The takeoff and landing signals were given by airport officials and green and red flags. When it was safe, the pilots would land the planes.
The government during the time of Sarit Thanarat as Prime Minister saw the importance of developing the Northeast to be as developed as other regions of the country, especially the Northeast. Khon Kaen Province was chosen as the center of the region and as a development center located in the middle of the region. It was convenient to travel to other provinces by car and train in some provinces. However, there was still a lack of air travel, as businesses needed speed and agility. Air travel was therefore necessary and it was deemed appropriate to open commercial flights. Khon Kaen Airport was developed at the original location, but it was not suitable for expansion and improvement. Furthermore, it was located in a residential area, which would prevent the city from expanding. In addition, the province's various government agencies had increased and there was no place to build offices. Therefore, Khon Kaen Province was ordered to find new land to build a new airport to replace the old airport. There was an agreement between the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Defense (via the Air Force). In the end, the land, which was public land, was chosen. It is located about 8 kilometers west of the city and is suitable for building an airport.
In 1962, the Civil Aviation Authority, Department of Transport, Ministry of Transport, was the government agency responsible for the construction of the new Khon Kaen Airport. The construction began with the temporary passenger terminal and accommodation building (in the form of a wooden house), a generator hangar, a car park, a 30-meter wide and 1,000-meter long runway, a 60-meter wide and 90-meter long parking apron, and an asphalt paved area.
On February 6, 1963, Thai Airways Company Limited flew a Douglas DC-3 aircraft with 28 passengers on the Bangkok-Khon Kaen-Udon Thani-Nakhon Phanom-Ubon Ratchathani-Bangkok route to operate passenger, cargo, and mail transportation, which was the first route to Khon Kaen Province.
Airlines operating here · 4
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
Photo: Alec Wilson from Khon Kaen, Thailand · CC BY-SA 2.0 · view original
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Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Khon Kaen Airport (KKC). Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KKC
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BibTeX
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