Ranong Airport ท่าอากาศยานระนอง
IATA: UNN ICAO: VTSR
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Department of Airports
Serves	Ranong
Location	Ratchakrut subdistrict, Mueang Ranong district, Ranong province, Thailand
Opened	18 May 1995; 28 years ago (1995-05-18)
Elevation AMSL	57 ft / 17 m
Coordinates	09°46′39″N 98°35′07″E / 9.77750°N 98.58528°E / 9.77750; 98.58528
Maps
UNN Location of airport in Thailand
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 2,000 6,562 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 132,725 33.40% Aircraft movements 937 5.04% Freight (tonnes) -
Sources: Department of Airports

Ranong Airport^[a] (IATA: UNN, ICAO: VTSR) is in Ratchakrut subdistrict, Mueang Ranong district, Ranong province of southern Thailand.

Location

Ranong airport serves the province of Ranong in the southern part of the country, it is located 500 km from Bangkok. The airport is located in a flat area at an altitude of 17 m above sea level, from the east there is a mountain range, between it and the airport territory there is highway number 4. The highest point of this area is Mount Khao Nom Sao (1089 m), 6 km from the airport.^[1]

History

Construction started on 30 March 1993, completed on 18 May 1995. The first aircraft to receive Ranong airport was a Boeing 737 with 150 passengers on board.^[2] The main terminal area is about 4 thousand square meters and is designed for 300 passengers.^[3] In 2019, the airport served 2,237 flights and 170 thousand passengers.^[4]

Airlines and destinations