# Khon Kaen Airport (KKC / VTUK)

**Khon Kaen Airport** (IATA: KKC, ICAO: VTUK) is a medium airport in Khon Kaen, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand. It has one runway, 3,050 m (10,007 ft) long, asphalt. In 2020 it handled 1.1 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KKC / VTUK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Khon Kaen, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand
- Elevation: 204 m / 670 ft
- Coordinates: 16.4666, 102.7840
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,050 m / 10,007 ft
- Passengers: 1,123,966 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Bangkok
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khon_Kaen_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431704
- Weather station: VTUK · WMO 48381
- Ident: VTUK

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 033° / 213° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 397,645 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 391,421 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 456,119 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 523,340 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 592,252 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 957,446 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,280,942 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,509,234 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,703,356 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,864,127 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,881,446 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,123,966 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [DMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbd.md) Don Mueang International Airport · Thailand · 368 km / 229 mi · Thai AirAsia, Thai Lion Air
- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 379 km / 235 mi · Thai AirAsia, Thai Vietjet Air
- [CNX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtcc.md) Chiang Mai International Airport · Thailand · 479 km / 298 mi · Thai AirAsia
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 1,048 km / 651 mi · Thai AirAsia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- FD [Thai AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-airasia) · 4
- 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 | 1.1M (2020) | #776 of 3,974 | #233 in Asia | #12 in TH |
| Longest runway | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | =997 of 29,858 | =302 in Asia | =7 in TH |
| Elevation | 204 m / 670 ft | =23,983 of 43,403 | =1,346 in Asia | #18 in TH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 123.400 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 39.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.250 |

## Nearby airports

- [UTH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtud.md) Udon Thani International Airport · 102 km / 64 mi
- [ROI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtuv.md) Roi Et Airport · 113 km / 70 mi
- [BFV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtuo.md) Buri Ram Airport · 146 km / 91 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: “Khon Kaen Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khon_Kaen_Airport&oldid=1363048825), 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/vtuk/data