PKZ

Pakse International Airport

ICAO VLPS15.1340°N 105.7799°E107 m / 351 ftLarge airport
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Pakse International Airport (IATA: PKZ, ICAO: VLPS) is a large airport in Pakse, Champasak Province, Laos. It opened in 1959. It has one runway, 2,400 m (7,874 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Lao People's Armed Forces.

Timeline

2 events · 1959–2013
1959
OpenedPakse International Airport opens.
16 OCT 2013
DisasterLao Airlines Flight 301.49 killed
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
15/33147° / 327° · LIT
LENGTH2,400 m7,874 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEConcrete

Routes

5 destinations · 4 countries

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PKZ. From the Wikipedia article “Pakse International Airport” (revision of 23 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,400 m7,874 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,844of 29,823 · =886 Asia · #5 LAElevation107 m351 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=30,057of 43,341 · =1,672 Asia · #18 LAAgeOpened 19592026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,466of 15,079 · =262 Asia · #1 LARunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =1 LA
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

1 channels
TWRTWR118.500