Airports in Thailand

We cover 3 major airports across Thailand, with a combined annual reference figure of roughly 96 million passengers. Each airport page shows aircraft observed within available ADS-B coverage.

Thailand airport network at a glance

3
Major airports tracked
6
Runways combined
96M
Annual passengers (reference)
1
Time zone

Traffic in Thailand is heavily concentrated: Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) alone handles about 60.0 million passengers a year, roughly 62% of the 96 million across the 3 airports listed here. That pattern is typical of a country with one dominant hub carrier feeding a single gateway.

Between them these airports operate 6 runways serving 2 cities, all on a single national clock. Every airport below links to a live map of aircraft observed within available ADS-B coverage around the field.

The next airport in the ranking is Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) at about 28.0 million passengers. The gap to BKK is 32 million, while the three busiest airports account for roughly 100% of traffic represented by this list. Most listed traffic is therefore concentrated at the top of the network.

The airports are spread across roughly 5 degrees of latitude and 2 degrees of longitude. The network is geographically compact enough that most domestic sectors remain comparatively short. Field elevations vary less dramatically than they do in the world's mountain-airport networks. The average across this selected set is 2.0 runways per airport.

Read airport by airport, the selected Thailand network is not interchangeable: Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) has 3 runways and about 60.0 million annual passengers, Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) has 2 runways and about 28.0 million annual passengers and Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) has 1 runway and about 8.0 million annual passengers. Those differences matter when comparing a live map. A larger passenger total indicates schedule scale, while runway count describes physical layout; neither number by itself proves how delayed, connected or operationally efficient an airport will be on a particular day.

What stands out in Thailand

  • Leading gateway: Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), with an annual reference figure of roughly 60.0 million passengers.
  • Traffic concentration: the three busiest airports represent about 100% of the passenger total in this selected dataset.
  • Operating spread: 6 runways across 3 airports, with a 1,031 ft difference between the lowest and highest fields represented.
  • Local clocks: the listed airports use 1 time zone.

Every Thailand airport we track

AirportIATAICAOCityPassengers/yrRunways
Suvarnabhumi BKK VTBS Bangkok 60.0m 3
Don Mueang DMK VTBD Bangkok 28.0m 2
Chiang Mai CNX VTCC Chiang Mai 8.0m 1

Airlines based in Thailand

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Browse every airport we track, watch the traffic over Thailand on the live map, or read how airport codes work in IATA and ICAO codes explained.

Data sources and review

Reviewed 2026-07-29 by Flight-Tracker.net Editorial Team

Totals are derived from the 3 selected airport profiles on this site, not a complete census of every field in Thailand. Passenger figures are reviewed snapshots.

Read our airport dataset methodology, or inspect the machine-readable reference dataset.

Airports in Thailand: Common questions

What is the busiest airport in Thailand?

Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) is the busiest of the 3 airports we track in Thailand, handling roughly 60.0 million passengers a year. It sits in Bangkok and uses the ICAO code VTBS.

How many airports does Thailand have?

We track 3 major airports in Thailand, covering 2 cities and 6 runways in total. The country has many more smaller fields; these are the ones carrying significant scheduled traffic.

Which airlines are based in Thailand?

Thai Airways International is headquartered in Thailand. Each has a page here listing its fleet, radio callsign and hub airports.

Can I track flights over Thailand live?

Yes. Each of the 3 Thailand airports listed above has its own radar map covering about 55 km around the field, so between them they cover Bangkok, Chiang Mai. The full-screen live map covers the whole country at once.