# Narathiwat Airport (NAW / VTSC)

**Narathiwat Airport** (IATA: NAW, ICAO: VTSC) is a medium airport in Narathiwat Province, Thailand. It opened in 1974. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, asphalt. In 2020 it handled 149 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NAW / VTSC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Narathiwat Province, Thailand
- Opened: 1974 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 5 m / 16 ft
- Coordinates: 6.5199, 101.7430
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 149,049 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Bangkok
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narathiwat_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432137
- Weather station: VTSC · WMO 48583
- Ident: VTSC

## Timeline

- 1974: Narathiwat Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 023° / 203° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 79,802 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 105,234 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 116,478 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 104,612 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 111,891 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 118,710 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 163,974 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 241,721 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 258,864 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 225,034 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 230,701 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 149,049 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 804 km / 500 mi · Thai AirAsia
- [DMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbd.md) Don Mueang International Airport · Thailand · 831 km / 516 mi · Thai AirAsia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- FD [Thai AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-airasia) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 149K (2020) | #1,662 of 3,974 | #544 in Asia | #23 in TH |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =735 in Asia | #20 in TH |
| Elevation | 5 m / 16 ft | =41,727 of 43,403 | =2,983 in Asia | #73 in TH |
| Age | Opened 1974 | =6,983 of 15,079 | =356 in Asia | #20 in TH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 125.550 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 38.300 |
| RDO | RDO | 657.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [PAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsk.md) Pattani Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [KBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkc.md) Sultan Ismail Petra Airport · 72 km / 45 mi
- [BTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/btz.md) Betong International Airport · 104 km / 65 mi
- [SGZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsh.md) Songkhla Airport · 146 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: “Narathiwat Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Narathiwat_Airport&oldid=1363064013), 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/vtsc/data