# Samui International Airport (USM / VTSM)

**Samui International Airport** (IATA: USM, ICAO: VTSM) is a large airport in Na Thon (Ko Samui Island), Surat Thani Province, Thailand. It opened in 1989. It has one runway, 2,060 m (6,759 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Bangkok Airways. In 2025 it handled 3.0 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: USM / VTSM
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Bangkok Airways
- Serves: Na Thon (Ko Samui Island), Surat Thani Province, Thailand
- Opened: 1989
- Elevation: 20 m / 64 ft
- Coordinates: 9.5478, 100.0620
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,060 m / 6,759 ft
- Passengers: 2,996,045 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Bangkok
- Website: http://www.samuiairportonline.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samui_Airport (28 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q867656
- Weather station: VTSM
- Ident: VTSM

## Timeline

- 1989: Samui International Airport opens.
- 21 Nov 1990: Bangkok Airways Flight 125. 38 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,060 m / 6,759 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 175° / 355° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,990,155 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 2,051,289 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 2,554,624 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,631,710 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 2,650,000 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 2,410,000 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 826,662 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 296,000 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,364,000 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 2,273,351 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 2,756,774 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 2,996,045 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [SZB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmsa.md) Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport · Malaysia · 732 km / 455 mi · Berjaya Air
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 1,010 km / 628 mi · Scoot

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- J8 [Berjaya Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/berjaya-air) · 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 | 3.0M (2025) | #472 of 3,974 | #142 in Asia | #6 in TH |
| Longest runway | 2,060 m / 6,759 ft | #3,703 of 29,858 | #1,056 in Asia | #33 in TH |
| Elevation | 20 m / 64 ft | =38,531 of 43,403 | =2,498 in Asia | #59 in TH |
| Age | Opened 1989 | =9,515 of 15,079 | =450 in Asia | #24 in TH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 129.600 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [URT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsb.md) Surat Thani Airport · 112 km / 69 mi
- [NST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsf.md) Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport · 113 km / 70 mi
- [VTSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsn.md) Cha Eian 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: “Samui Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samui_Airport&oldid=1372990295), revision of 3 Sep 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/vtsm/data