# Mae Fah Luang - Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI / VTCT)

**Mae Fah Luang - Chiang Rai International Airport** (IATA: CEI, ICAO: VTCT) is a large airport in Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. It opened in 1998. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports of Thailand. In 2025 it handled 2.0 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CEI / VTCT
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Airports of Thailand
- Serves: Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
- Opened: 1998
- Elevation: 390 m / 1,280 ft
- Coordinates: 19.9523, 99.8829
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 1,981,088 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Bangkok
- Website: http://www.chiangraiairportthai.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Rai_International_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q969597
- Weather station: VTCT
- Ident: VTCT

## Timeline

- 1998: Mae Fah Luang - Chiang Rai International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 029° / 209° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,379,022 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,745,568 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 2,060,200 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,503,375 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 2,867,289 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 2,928,884 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,513,294 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 710,408 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,686,726 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 1,920,228 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 1,912,859 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 1,981,088 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 2,116 km / 1,315 mi · Scoot

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CEI, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- TZ [Scoot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scoot) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.0M (2025) | #573 of 3,974 | #172 in Asia | #7 in TH |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =339 in Asia | =11 in TH |
| Elevation | 390 m / 1,280 ft | =14,065 of 43,403 | =966 in Asia | #2 in TH |
| Age | Opened 1998 | =10,861 of 15,079 | =533 in Asia | =29 in TH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 163.050 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 927.700 |
| RDO | RDO | 0.700 |
| TWR . | TWR l3oM_Tul2l3o® | 1.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [BOR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/la-0006.md) Bokeo International Airport · 51 km / 32 mi
- [THL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vytl.md) Tachileik Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [MOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vyms.md) Mong Hsat Airport · 91 km / 56 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: “Chiang Rai International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiang_Rai_International_Airport&oldid=1363026871), 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/vtct/data