# Ubon Ratchathani Airport (UBP / VTUU)

**Ubon Ratchathani Airport** (IATA: UBP, ICAO: VTUU) is a medium airport in Ubon Ratchathani, Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand. It opened in 1921. It has one runway, 3,002 m (9,848 ft) long, asphalt. In 2020 it handled 1.1 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UBP / VTUU
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Ubon Ratchathani, Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand
- Opened: 1921 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 124 m / 406 ft
- Coordinates: 15.2513, 104.8700
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,002 m / 9,848 ft
- Passengers: 1,063,105 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Bangkok
- Website: http://ubp.orgfree.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubon_Ratchathani_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433127
- Weather station: VTUU · WMO 48407
- Ident: VTUU

## Timeline

- 1921: Ubon Ratchathani Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,002 m / 9,848 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 052° / 232° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 393,451 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 453,082 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 614,686 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 733,718 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 835,688 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,078,630 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,467,256 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,726,269 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,791,828 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,885,875 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,790,734 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,063,105 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 477 km / 296 mi · Thai Airways, Thai Vietjet Air
- [DMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbd.md) Don Mueang International Airport · Thailand · 482 km / 300 mi · Nok Air, Thai AirAsia, Thai Lion Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (5)

- DD [Nok Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nok-air) · 1
- FD [Thai AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-airasia) · 1
- TG [Thai Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-airways) · 1
- 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) | #798 of 3,974 | #243 in Asia | #14 in TH |
| Longest runway | 3,002 m / 9,848 ft | =1,175 of 29,858 | =331 in Asia | #10 in TH |
| Elevation | 124 m / 406 ft | =28,933 of 43,403 | =1,593 in Asia | #34 in TH |
| Age | Opened 1921 | =196 of 15,079 | =6 in Asia | =3 in TH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 123.500 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 37.300 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [PKZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vlps.md) Pakse International Airport · 99 km / 61 mi
- [ZVK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vlsk.md) Savannakhet Airport · 146 km / 90 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: “Ubon Ratchathani Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ubon_Ratchathani_Airport&oldid=1363084523), 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/vtuu/data