# Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport (NST / VTSF)

**Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport** (IATA: NST, ICAO: VTSF) is a medium airport in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand. It opened in 1998. It has one runway, 2,100 m (6,890 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports of Thailand. In 2020 it handled 1.3 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NST / VTSF
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports of Thailand
- Serves: Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand
- Opened: 1998
- Elevation: 4 m / 13 ft
- Coordinates: 8.5396, 99.9447
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,100 m / 6,890 ft
- Passengers: 1,340,398 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Bangkok
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakhon_Si_Thammarat_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1388166
- Weather station: VTSF
- Ident: VTSF

## Timeline

- 1998: Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 2,100 m / 6,890 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 006° / 186° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 297,257 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 406,792 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 654,956 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 725,858 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 950,133 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,115,688 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,243,684 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,507,864 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,500,013 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,517,935 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,472,120 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,340,398 | 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 · 578 km / 359 mi · Thai AirAsia, Thai Vietjet Air
- [DMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbd.md) Don Mueang International Airport · Thailand · 602 km / 374 mi · Nok Air, Thai AirAsia, Thai Lion Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- FD [Thai AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-airasia) · 2
- DD [Nok Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nok-air) · 1
- SL [Thai Lion Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-lion-air) · 1
- VZ [Thai Vietjet Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-vietjet-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.3M (2020) | #719 of 3,974 | #210 in Asia | #10 in TH |
| Longest runway | 2,100 m / 6,890 ft | =3,582 of 29,858 | =1,033 in Asia | =23 in TH |
| Elevation | 4 m / 13 ft | =42,081 of 43,403 | =3,032 in Asia | #75 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 | 119.750 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.550 |

## Nearby airports

- [VTSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsn.md) Cha Eian Airport · 7.7 km / 4.8 mi
- [URT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsb.md) Surat Thani Airport · 111 km / 69 mi
- [USM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsm.md) Samui International Airport · 113 km / 70 mi
- [KBV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsg.md) Krabi International Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [TST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtst.md) Trang Airport · 120 km / 75 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: “Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nakhon_Si_Thammarat_Airport&oldid=1365160143), revision of 20 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/vtsf/data