Phang Nga Airport is a proposed airport in Phang-nga province, Thailand. The airport was proposed by Bangkok Airways in 2016 as Phang Nga–Andaman International Airport. It is also referred to as Second Phuket Airport, as it is expected to alleviate congestion from Phuket International Airport.
Phang Nga Airport map
The proposed Phang Nga Airport will be in Khok Kloi subdistrict, Takua Thung district, Phang Nga province, Thailand. This map shows the location of Khok Kloi subdistrict and not the exact location of the airport proposal. The map also shows Phuket and Krabi airports.
[Map of Phang Nga Airport.]
News archive
2024
House members cast eye over B70bn Phang Nga airport project – [24/10/24]
“The House Committee for Transportation is closely following the construction of Andaman International Airport in Phang Nga, scheduled to open by 2030.”
Phang Nga airport feasibility study back on track in bid to boost tourism in South – [29/01/24]
“The government has resumed its feasibility study on a new airport in Phang Nga, with the objective of linking the province up with tourist hubs like Phuket and Krabi.”
Construction boost for new international airport in Phangnga – [29/01/24]
“Construction now in its second stage.”
2023
PM visits Phang Nga for update on new airport – [30/09/23]
“Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin followed up his visit to Phuket yesterday (Sept 29) by travelling to Phang Nga to receive an update on plans for the proposed new airport in the area.”
Bangkok Air keen on Phangnga airport – [09/09/23]
“Bangkok Airways is eager to invest in the new airport planned for Phangnga if the government switches its plan from a public project to a public-private partnership scheme, as the project has high potential to become a new tourism hub in Thailand.”
PM urged to back Phangnga airport – [26/08/23]
“Province has potential to become aviation hub for the South on a bigger scale than Phuket.”
Pheu Thai touts new airports for Chiang Mai, Phuket – [24/08/23]
“Phuket International Airport has only one runway and the surrounding terrain does not allow for a second runway to be built. Airports of Thailand earlier proposed building a “Phuket Airport No 2″, which would actually be located in nearby Phangnga province, but that plan is currently on hold.”
Phangnga airport ‘needed’ – [17/07/23]
“Phangnga airport study ‘must carry on’.”
2022
AOT shelves Phang Nga airport viability study for now – [11/11/22]
“The preliminary feasibility study for Phang Nga Airport will be put on hold until the management of three provincial airports is handed over to the Airports of Thailand (AOT).”
3 airports to form B9.2bn travel cluster – [31/08/23]
“Phangnga will join development plan.”
2019
Deputy PM makes push for ‘Phuket Airport No 2’, in Phang Nga – [26/10/19]
“Deputy Prime Minster Jurin Laksanavisit yesterday (Oct 25) inspected site of the new airport planned to be built in Phang Nga in order to alleviate the growing passenger load on Phuket International Airport.”
New Phangnga airport plan welcomed – [05/08/19]
“Airports of Thailand (AoT)’s plan to construct a new international airport in Phangnga will help ease passenger traffic at nearby airports and boost tourism in the “Andaman Triangle” of Krabi, Phangnga and Phuket, say local tourism business associations.”
Progress on Phang Nga’s new international airport – [27/06/19]
“…the second gateway Greater Phuket airport project is being put forward to the government with a budgeted cost of 75 billion baht.
Once approved, final land appropriation is expected to take 12 months and construction another 48 months, so the earliest opening would be 2024/2025.”
2018
AoT approves B60bn airport for Phang Nga ‘in principle’ – [25/05/18]
“The board of Airports of Thailand (AoT) has approved “in principle” construction of second airports for Phuket and for Chiang Mai with a combined planned investment of B120 billion.”
2017
Deputy PM grounds Phang Nga airport scheme – [07/07/17]
“A private-sector plan to build a new airport on a 2,000-rai plot of forest reserve land in Phuket’s neighbouring province Phang Nga cannot proceed without proper public hearings, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said yesterday (July 6).”
Across the Land: What the new airport means for Phang Nga – [14/01/17]
“A proposal to build a new airport just north of Phuket into Phang Nga province has been put forward. The proposed site is on a 2,000 rai (3.2 million sqm) land plot in Thai Muang district. More detailed information has yet to be released of the proposed facility, other than its name, which would be Phang Nga Andaman International Airport.”
Phang Nga airport plans shrouded in controversy – [03/07/17]
2016
New Phang Nga airport plans make headway – [21/12/16]
“In what is being envisaged as either a public-private-sector partnership or a solely private investment, tourism-industry sources have confirmed that Bangkok Airways is in talks with Phang Nga province for a large-scale land lease for the facility, with the environmental impact assessment already in the works.”
Phuket to benefit from Phang Nga airport – [30/06/16]
“A new airport in the works at Phang Nga will help ease air traffic issues in Phuket, Phang Nga Governor Pakkapong Tawiphat told the Phuket Gazette last week.”
Lets hope it is more successful than the new airport at Betong!