# Cha Eian Airport (VTSN)

**Cha Eian Airport** (ICAO: VTSN) is a medium airport in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand. It opened in 1916. It has one runway, 2,300 m (7,546 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Thai Army.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / VTSN
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Royal Thai Army
- Serves: Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand
- Opened: 1916
- Elevation: 13 m / 44 ft
- Coordinates: 8.4711, 99.9556
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,300 m / 7,546 ft
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Bangkok
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha-ian_Airport (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5065943
- Weather station: VTSN · WMO 48552
- Ident: VTSN

## Timeline

- 1916: Cha Eian Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,300 m / 7,546 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 173° / 353° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,300 m / 7,546 ft | =3,042 of 29,858 | =942 in Asia | #21 in TH |
| Elevation | 13 m / 44 ft | =39,637 of 43,403 | =2,669 in Asia | #62 in TH |
| Age | Opened 1916 | =108 of 15,079 | #5 in Asia | #2 in TH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | RDO | 657.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [NST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsf.md) Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport · 7.7 km / 4.8 mi
- [TST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtst.md) Trang Airport · 113 km / 70 mi
- [KBV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsg.md) Krabi International Airport · 114 km / 71 mi
- [URT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsb.md) Surat Thani Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [USM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsm.md) Samui International Airport · 120 km / 75 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #77

## 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)
- [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/vtsn/data