# Mae Hong Son Airport (HGN / VTCH)

**Mae Hong Son Airport** (IATA: HGN, ICAO: VTCH) is a medium airport in Mae Hong Son, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand. It opened in 1939. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,562 ft) long, asphalt. In 2020 it handled 18 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtch

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HGN / VTCH
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Mae Hong Son, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand
- Opened: 1939 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 283 m / 929 ft
- Coordinates: 19.3013, 97.9758
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,562 ft
- Passengers: 17,768 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Bangkok
- Website: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/hgn/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Hong_Son_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431989
- Weather station: VTCH · WMO 48300
- Ident: VTCH

## Timeline

- 1939: Mae Hong Son Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 107° / 287° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 76,211 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 53,466 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 55,213 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 56,618 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 54,983 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 34,578 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 39,740 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 55,368 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 61,432 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 65,739 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 54,811 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 17,768 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 18K (2020) | #2,493 of 3,974 | #762 in Asia | #32 in TH |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | =3,840 of 29,858 | =1,072 in Asia | =34 in TH |
| Elevation | 283 m / 929 ft | =18,941 of 43,403 | #1,144 in Asia | #7 in TH |
| Age | Opened 1939 | =1,029 of 15,079 | =105 in Asia | #8 in TH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 126.200 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 38.400 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [PYY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtci.md) Pai Airport · 49 km / 30 mi
- [LIW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vylk.md) Loikaw Airport · 91 km / 56 mi
- [MM-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mm-0003.md) Langkho Airport · 117 km / 73 mi
- [CNX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtcc.md) Chiang Mai International Airport · 120 km / 74 mi
- [VTCS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtcs.md) Mae Sariang Airport · 125 km / 77 mi
- [TH-0042](https://dromopedia.com/airports/th-0042.md) Chiang Mai Airsports · 137 km / 85 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Mae Hong Son Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mae_Hong_Son_Airport&oldid=1363056054), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtch/data