# Sakon Nakhon Airport (SNO / VTUI)

**Sakon Nakhon Airport** (IATA: SNO, ICAO: VTUI) is a medium airport in Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand. It opened in 1972. It has one runway, 2,600 m (8,530 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Thai Air Force. In 2020 it handled 258 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SNO / VTUI
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Royal Thai Air Force
- Serves: Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand
- Opened: 1972 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 161 m / 529 ft
- Coordinates: 17.1951, 104.1190
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,600 m / 8,530 ft
- Passengers: 257,684 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Bangkok
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakon_Nakhon_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432665
- Weather station: VTUI
- Ident: VTUI

## Timeline

- 1972: Sakon Nakhon Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,600 m / 8,530 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 25,854 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 23,638 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 39,536 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 97,422 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 109,285 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 199,529 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 425,453 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 347,360 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 378,717 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 391,383 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 386,687 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 257,684 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [DMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbd.md) Don Mueang International Airport · Thailand · 524 km / 326 mi · Nok Air, Thai AirAsia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- DD [Nok Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nok-air) · 1
- FD [Thai AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-airasia) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 258K (2020) | #1,417 of 3,974 | #461 in Asia | #18 in TH |
| Longest runway | 2,600 m / 8,530 ft | =2,041 of 29,858 | =627 in Asia | #18 in TH |
| Elevation | 161 m / 529 ft | =26,612 of 43,403 | #1,470 in Asia | #26 in TH |
| Age | Opened 1972 | =6,630 of 15,079 | =347 in Asia | #19 in TH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 123.350 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 36.500 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.650 |

## Nearby airports

- [KOP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtuw.md) Nakhon Phanom Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [ZVK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vlsk.md) Savannakhet Airport · 98 km / 61 mi
- [ROI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtuv.md) Roi Et Airport · 125 km / 78 mi
- [UTH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtud.md) Udon Thani International Airport · 143 km / 89 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: “Sakon Nakhon Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sakon_Nakhon_Airport&oldid=1363076076), 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/vtui/data