# Loei Airport (LOE / VTUL)

**Loei Airport** (IATA: LOE, ICAO: VTUL) is a medium airport in Loei Province, Thailand. It opened on 13 Dec 1954. It has one runway, 2,100 m (6,890 ft) long, asphalt. In 2020 it handled 158 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LOE / VTUL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Loei Province, Thailand
- Opened: 13 Dec 1954 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 262 m / 860 ft
- Coordinates: 17.4391, 101.7220
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,100 m / 6,890 ft
- Passengers: 158,227 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Bangkok
- Website: https://minisite.aviation.go.th/home.php?site=loei
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loei_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q919059
- Weather station: VTUL · WMO 48353
- Ident: VTUL

## Timeline

- 13 Dec 1954: Loei Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 2,100 m / 6,890 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 017° / 197° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 884 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 10,304 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 22,451 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 41,894 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 55,478 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 234,419 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 261,280 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 270,284 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 267,747 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 262,236 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 158,227 | 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 · 410 km / 255 mi · Thai AirAsia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (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 | 158K (2020) | #1,640 of 3,974 | #535 in Asia | #22 in TH |
| Longest runway | 2,100 m / 6,890 ft | =3,582 of 29,858 | =1,033 in Asia | =23 in TH |
| Elevation | 262 m / 860 ft | =20,216 of 43,403 | =1,187 in Asia | #9 in TH |
| Age | Opened 1954 | =4,023 of 15,079 | =212 in Asia | =10 in TH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 122.550 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [PHY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtpb.md) Phetchabun Airport · 102 km / 63 mi
- [VTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vlvt.md) Wattay International Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [UTH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtud.md) Udon Thani International Airport · 113 km / 70 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: “Loei Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loei_Airport&oldid=1364080669), revision of 14 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/vtul/data