Udon Thani International Airport
| Udon Thani International Airport ท่าอากาศยานอุดรธานี |
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Department of Airports | ||||||||||
| Location | 224 Tambon Mak Khaeng, Amphoe Mueang Udon Thani, Udon Thani, Thailand | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 579 ft / 176 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°23′11″N 102°47′18″E / 17.38639°N 102.78833°ECoordinates: 17°23′11″N 102°47′18″E / 17.38639°N 102.78833°E | ||||||||||
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| Passengers | 2,350,005 |
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Udon Thani International Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานอุดรธานี) (IATA: UTH, ICAO: VTUD) is an airport near the city of Udon Thani (Thai: อุดรธานี also Udorn Thanee) in Udon Thani Province in the northeast region of Thailand. It is approximately 450 km (280 mi) northeast of Bangkok. It currently has domestic flights to Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang), Chiang Mai (on Nok Air), and Phuket (on Thai AirAsia). In 2006 the airport had 677,411 passengers movements and 1,558 MT cargo movements. In 2013, the airport handled 1,325,305 passengers. In 2015, it handled 2,213,689 passengers and 3,678 tonnes of freight.
During the Vietnam War the facility was known as Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, serving as a front-line base of the United States Air Force and was the Asian headquarters for Air America.
On 8 February 2006, an international group of skydivers from 31 countries called the "World Team" set a world record for the largest freefall formation, a 400-way, over the Udon Thani airport.
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