# Nakhon Phanom Airport (KOP / VTUW)

**Nakhon Phanom Airport** (IATA: KOP, ICAO: VTUW) is a medium airport in Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand. It opened on 1 Jun 1963. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,203 ft) long, asphalt. In 2020 it handled 220 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KOP / VTUW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand
- Opened: 1 Jun 1963 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 179 m / 587 ft
- Coordinates: 17.3838, 104.6430
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,203 ft
- Passengers: 220,455 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Bangkok
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakhon_Phanom_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1170338
- Weather station: VTUW
- Ident: VTUW

## Timeline

- 1 Jun 1963: Nakhon Phanom Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 2,500 m / 8,203 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 145° / 325° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 32,553 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 27,530 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 33,107 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 143,775 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 197,315 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 220,414 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 298,015 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 372,026 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 419,311 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 455,163 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 365,924 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 220,455 | 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 · 579 km / 360 mi · Thai AirAsia, Thai Lion Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- FD [Thai AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-airasia) · 1
- SL [Thai Lion Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-lion-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 220K (2020) | #1,493 of 3,974 | #488 in Asia | #19 in TH |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,203 ft | =2,316 of 29,858 | =733 in Asia | #19 in TH |
| Elevation | 179 m / 587 ft | =25,618 of 43,403 | #1,423 in Asia | #22 in TH |
| Age | Opened 1963 | =5,069 of 15,079 | =293 in Asia | =15 in TH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | SAKHON NAKHON APP | 123.350 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [THK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vltk.md) Thakhek Airport · 23 km / 14 mi
- [SNO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtui.md) Sakon Nakhon Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [ZVK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vlsk.md) Savannakhet Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [TH-0029](https://dromopedia.com/airports/th-0029.md) Seri Thai Airport · 94 km / 58 mi
- [TH-0043](https://dromopedia.com/airports/th-0043.md) Bird's Paradise Airpark · 117 km / 73 mi
- [VLSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vlsp.md) Sepon Airport · 150 km / 93 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: “Nakhon Phanom Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nakhon_Phanom_Airport&oldid=1363063544), 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/vtuw/data