It's time After a long delay for activation of "Betong Airport", the center in the southern region can travel to Malaysia and Singapore.
Until it comes activation "Of Betong Airport" at present, the project started in 2015 in Yarom Subdistrict, Betong District, Yala Province, area of 920 rai, a runway distance of 1,800 meters, a limit frame of 1,900 million baht, construction was completed in 2019.
Passenger terminal It has an area of approximately 7,000 square meters and can accommodate approximately 300 rush hour passengers per hour and 876,000 passengers per year. The runway is 1,800 meters long and can only accommodate small aircraft such as 70-80 seat ATR propeller planes.
Flight paths and take-off and landing of aircraft will be in the airspace of Thailand only not penetrate into the airspace of neighboring countries according to the national strategy and policies of the Prime Minister.
Assigned to relevant agencies to undertake concrete economic development in the three southern border provinces in order to solve the problem of traveling to Betong District, where the terrain is steep mountains, inconvenient to travel easily more safely including stimulating tourism in the area
1. It is a small airport. It can only support propeller planes.
2. It takes 4 years to be opened after the construction is completed.
3. The commercial airline that has been flying trials is "Nok Air"
4. It has an area of 920 rai and a runway distance of 1,800 meters.
5. There have been more studies on the route of Hat Yai - Betong and Phuket - Betong.
6. It is an important airport in the 3 southern border provinces.
7. It is the center (hub) in the southern region continuation of Malaysia and Singapore.
8. It has the potential to accommodate 80-seat and 3 aircraft.
9. Decorated with “Bamboo” reflecting the local identity because “Betong” or “Bue Tong” is a Malay language meaning “bamboo”.
10. Away from the city about 12 kilometers