# Phrae Airport (PRH / VTCP)

**Phrae Airport** (IATA: PRH, ICAO: VTCP) is a medium airport in Phrae Province, Thailand. It opened in 1952. It has one runway, 1,500 m (4,921 ft) long, asphalt. In 2020 it handled 35 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PRH / VTCP
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Phrae Province, Thailand
- Opened: 1952 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 164 m / 538 ft
- Coordinates: 18.1322, 100.1650
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,500 m / 4,921 ft
- Passengers: 34,947 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Bangkok
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrae_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432353
- Weather station: VTCP · WMO 48330
- Ident: VTCP

## Timeline

- 1952: Phrae Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 006° / 186° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 470 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 3,494 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 9,056 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 13,690 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 23,853 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 48,673 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 73,076 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 81,511 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 91,149 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 70,069 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 34,947 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 35K (2020) | #2,229 of 3,974 | #691 in Asia | #30 in TH |
| Longest runway | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | =6,995 of 29,858 | =1,368 in Asia | =44 in TH |
| Elevation | 164 m / 538 ft | =26,467 of 43,403 | =1,461 in Asia | #25 in TH |
| Age | Opened 1952 | =3,844 of 15,079 | =199 in Asia | #9 in TH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 120.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 34.000 |
| RDO | RDO | 666.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [LPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtcl.md) Lampang Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [NNT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtcn.md) Nan Airport · 99 km / 62 mi
- [THS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtpo.md) Sukhothai Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [CNX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtcc.md) Chiang Mai International Airport · 145 km / 90 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: “Phrae Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phrae_Airport&oldid=1363071248), 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/vtcp/data