The Department of Airports (DOA) plans to spend 50 billion baht on the event of seven new regional airports in Thailand, in Nakhon Pathom, Bueng Khan, Mukdahan, Kalasin, Phayao, Phatthalung and Satun provinces, reviews DailyNews.
The division wants to spice up connectivity and provide more journey choices for Thais and foreign vacationers.
New airports round Thailand’s lesser-known places have been in the pipeline for years however confronted delays due to the pandemic. Now, the department is making good progress.
Half of the DOA’s budget will be spent on the development of a 25 billion baht airport in Nakhon Pathom province in central Thailand. Feasibility research are already complete.
The airport will be built on 3,500 rai of land in Bang Len district and Nakhon Chai Sri district, around 50 kilometres away from Bangkok. The airport will sport a forty five x 2,500 metre runway.
The division is finishing further Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports before building begins.
The DOA completed the feasibility research for the construction of a three.1 billion baht airport on 2,500 rai of land in Pong Puea and Wisist subdistricts, Mueang district, Bueng Kan province, northeast Thailand.
The airport will be situated around 12 kilometres from the province’s clock tower and a 15 minute drive from the town.
Design is underway for a forty five x 2,500 metre runway, and EIA reviews and procurement plans are underway. Construction is expected to start in 2025 and the airport could be open for service by 2027.
Another Isaan airport. No nonsense to spend 5 billion baht on the instruction of an airport in Kham Pa Lai subdistrict, Mueang District, Mukdahan province, on round 2,000 rai of land 20 kilometres away from Mukdahan City.
Similarly, EIAs and design plans for the runway and passenger terminals are underway. Construction is expected to begin in 2025 and the airport is expected to open for service in 2027.
Feasibility studies are full for the development of a four.1 billion baht airport in Satun Province in southern Thailand. The DOA says they found an acceptable location to the northwest of the town overlaying 2,797 rai of land in the Chebilang subdistrict in the Mueang district.
The procurement course of and EIA stories are underway. Construction is deliberate to begin in 2026 and the airport could be open for service in 2028.
Feasibility studies are underway for three more airports – Kalasin in northeast Thailand, Phayao in northern Thailand and Phatthalung in southern Thailand.
Locals requested that the two billion baht Isaan airport be known as “Sarasin” as a end result of it will service both Kalasin and Maha Sarakham provinces.
The DOA set a price range of four.4 billion baht for the development of Phayao airport in Dok Kham Tai district, round 18 kilometres from the city, with a forty five x 2,500 metre runway..