Phuket airport – the air gate of Western Thailand

If you have the ticket destination is Phuket International Airport, then you will land at Phuket airport. This is the only air Harbor all over the island, which is the largest in Thailand. Airport size and bandwidth is the second after the capital. This is not surprising: after all, a direct rail link between Bangkok and Phuket there, and the journey by bus takes about 11 hours. It is much easier to overcome the distance is 862 km by plane – then along the way will be only an hour or less. Accepts hub and international flights, in particular from Moscow. How to get from the airport to the resorts on the island, how to find the right terminal on the way back – read this article.

Fly to the island Paradise

The Airport "Phuket" (Thailand) has the status international, and therefore consists of two terminals-for external and internal flights. Passenger aircraft that operates daily on the route Moscow - Phuket. However, in the tourist season, which lasts from October to April, many Charter flights connect the island with the cities of our country. To make the flight more budget, you can use the services of low-cost airlines: "Orient Thai", "NOK air" or AirAsia. Then the road from Bangkok you can do only 40-70 dollars. And even the expensive airlines, such as "Thai Airways", "Etihad and Emirates" in their pricing given a very interesting proposal. For example, you can order a "single ticket" from Moscow to Phuket with a stopover in Bangkok for a few days. Cheap tickets to Phuket available from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (the way to this Thai island is about a half to two hours). Alternatively, we can consider a point of landing airport "Krabi". Phuket is located just seventy kilometers to the East. To the island from there there are regular bus routes.

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Infrastructure air port

The capacity of this air port – about twenty flights per hour. The aircraft takes the runway length of three kilometers and a width of 45 meters. Therefore, the second largest air gateway to Thailand – Phuket airport. The schedule gives an idea of how the island is connected with such countries as Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, South Korea, Japan, Nepal, Australia, Germany, Russia, Finland, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Israel, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark. No less significant and the domestic terminal. It connects the island of Phuket do not only with capital but also with the Northern part of the country. Each year about five million passengers use the airport. As in many other air gates, the halls of departure and arrival separated. In the neutral zone of the international terminal are duty free shops. To pass the time before departure in one of the numerous cafes. Featuring three believers chapel (Christian, Islamic and Buddhist).

Distance from the main resorts

The airport of Phuket on Mai Khao beach in the Northern part of the island. This location was not chosen randomly. The sea here is shallow, there is the only road linking the island with the mainland at the Saracen bridge. Resort to build still would not work, but the airport on the "bargain" land – please. Thus, the main administrative centre of the island must still be reached. While the town is separated from the airport 35 kilometers. However, Phuket city is also not a resort. Most foreign tourists prefer to relax in Patong, Karon, Kata. And it is still on. Taxi to Phuket city is 400 baht, while beach resorts – 600. However, the difference in pricing depends not only on mileage but also on the fact that foreign tourists are willing to pay that kind of money.

Phuket: how to get from the airport

If you came to Thailand on a package tour, you don't have to think about how to get from the airport to the hotel. The transfer is included in the price of your tour. But if you are traveling independently, you need to think about how to reach your destination. Taxi stop is located right near the exit from the arrival hall of the international terminal. This option is convenient, fast, but expensive. Cross the road. Opposite the exit you will see many minibuses. They go to different resorts of the island.

Inscriptions on the windshield duplicated in English – so that confused to sit there hard. To Phuket Town ticket on the van is worth 80 baht, to resorts – about 120. This option is good in that minibus as a taxi, will take you to the hotel. Minus is that the road will deliver you to the tourist center, which will offer tours. And sent this form of transport as filling.

How to get from the resorts on the island to Phuket airport

Unfortunately, the way back is not so simple. You can take a tuk-tuk to Phuket Town. And from there, scheduled bus service. The price of it is purely symbolic, but a tuk tuk will cost you a tidy sum. You can just catch a taxi. And best of "googling" on the Internet in search of local companies engaged in the transfertourists at the airport. Most popular hotels in the resorts of Phuket providing such service.

How not to get lost at the departure

The Airport consists of three floors, with two terminals-international and domestic-are in the same building. Should come two and a half hours before departure. If you – advanced tourist, make a registration in advance (online). Then you can reserve a comfortable place on the plane. At the entrance you have a standard procedure of passage through the metal detector. Sometimes, there is accumulating a long line, so that the process may take about half an hour. In the registration hall hanging scoreboard, which shows the room stand flight. Hand over your bags, get a boarding pass. Go through passport control. Immediately behind the guards there is a VAT refund service.