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Airport Phuket Data
Airport Code is HKT.
Location is at longitude 98° 18' 45" and latitude 08°
06' 38" and 82 feet above sea level, Phuket
International Airport is 32 km from downtown Phuket
and a few km south of the north end of Phuket Island.
The airport can handle 24 flight operations per
hour and is open 24 hours. The Runway is 3,000 m long and 45 m wide.
Phuket flights
are a mixture of scheduled flights, charter flights
and private aircrafts plus helicopters from time to
time, there is even a water airplane or amphibian
aircraft operating for short distance flight. The airport is
reachable via a good 4 lane highway with only
moderate traffic. The highway runs almost
continuously from the southern end of Phuket at
Rawai Beach to the northern end leaving Phuket
Island via the Sarasin Bridge. Usually you wont have
any traffic problems, but be aware that between 4 pm
(school ends) and 6 pm (people drive home from work)
sometimes traffic disaster strikes.
- Phuket International Airport transfer and Phuket Airport Transportation
If you are on a
Phuket package tour you tour operator will carry
you to and from, it is also possible
to get airport pick-up service from the Phuket hotel
or apartment you will probably stay. If you are not on a Phuket package tour
and you have only one light bag you could use a
motorbike taxi or a tuk tuk when you are for
departure, if the driver wants to
go. A Phuket airport taxi you might find is you are
lucky, there are several limousine services. A airport bus
is available, have a look for they guy who runs
around with the big sign where it's written Phuket
Airport Bus at the north end of the arrival zone
outside (but try to avoid, its a real pain, they
always wait until they are full, which will take
quite some time and they never go straight to Phuket
city, they just drive around
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in the hope to get some
passengers until the bus is real totally overloaded,
the last time I took this Phuket Airport Bus they
were circling 5 times within the departure and
arrival area, after they went to Nay Yang Beach
direction, when I asked them whu they dont drive to
Phuket Town they started to smile as usually and
took a left turn at the next junction to head for
the Phuket International Airport to down town highway. Some minibus services also wait quite some time until they are full. There are only a
handful of taxis in Phuket, its limited to make sure
the tuk tik operators don't have competition, you
will never find a taxi in Phuket, only outside there
arrival are about 3-4 standing around,
with this taxi's it's about Baht 500,- for a ride
between the airport and Phuket Town. The minibus
service counter at the arrival hall offers shared
transportation to almost every location on the
island, among them Phuket airport to Patong and if
there are some passengers even Phuket Airport to
Khao Lak. Aside of the before mentioned Phuket
airport transfer there is no dedicated airport
shuttle. There are no dedicated Phuket airport
hotels since there are plenty of hotels and Phuket
resorts easily reachable with the car or taxi within
a radius of about 30 minutes drive.
The airport is
the second most busy Thailand airport after Bangkok
airport. There are only 5 Thailand airports where
international flights can land, this is Phuket
international airport,
Bangkok airport,
Krabi Airport,
Hat Yai Airport and
Chiang Mai airport.
After your Phuket
flight arrives the
best is probably to take a minibus to almost any
destination on Phuket Island, it's between Baht
100,- for a ride to Phuket Town and upwards
depending where to go, such as
Patong Beach,
Rawai Beach,
Phuket City,
Chalong Beach,
Kata Beach,
Karon Beach,
Nai Harn Beach,
Bangtao Beach,
Laguna Phuket, Cap Panwa
or other
Phuket beach areas etc. If you use this minibus service it usually takes
about 10 - 15 minutes to wait. The counter for
the minibus service is just before you
leave the arrival hall, don't worry you cant miss,
there are always some employees screaming
taxi.
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Since there are no Phuket
Airport hotels this wont matter anyway
since in the vicinity are plenty of Phuket hotels
and Phuket Beach resorts. There are counters at the
arrival hall for Phuket hotel and Phuket Beach
Resort information, if you book a Phuket hotel or
Phuket Beach Resort at the Airport be aware
that they take commission by asking you for a
relatively high price and they get the commission
every day you stay in a particular Phuket hotel and
Phuket Beach Resort. A way to work around is to book
for one night only, check out from the Phuket Hotel
or Phuket Beach Resort the next day, negotiate a new
and lower price and check in again. Several of the
Phuket luxury hotels and resorts have their own
lounge at the airport, check when you book, they
will take care of you.
- Phuket Airport Car Rental
There are several
Phuket international airport car rental company counter in the arrival
hall, those are usually the international car rental
companies like avis, hertz etc. but they all are
relatively extreme expensive.
For car rental
at
Phuket Island the best is to contact
Pure Car Rental,
they are located in Phuket Town and will pick you up
at and bring you back to the airport. They have
excellent new cars, are very friendly and know what
they are doing. A family business for many years,
they also have a excellent reputation and VERY
important, their prices are around half what the big
international guys are charging, for the same
service. All cars are fully insure via a "first
class insurance", they also rent small motorbikes
for the a reasonable price.
From time to time the airport gets an upgrade
but the worst is probably at arrival when 2 aircraft
come in within a few minutes timeframe, usual wait
in front of immigration can be up to one hour, there
is no problem with going through custom, people are
very friendly and tolerant.
If you are hungry use this
Airport restaurant pictured here, it is
upstairs, the food is excellent and not
expensive. Avoid the fast food counter
opposite to the check in counter, their the food is lousy,
the employees totally ignorant and funny, just the stuff
what you want to order is not available today. Inside the domestic departure area is also a fast food
restaurant from Burger King, their food is also quite good,
at least they serve real hamburger, about 10 mm thick. Not
this flat junk like you get at Macdonald's downtown where
the hamburger is 3 mm thick, actually looks like a small
size tortilla between some bread. |
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Everything is very similar to
Bangkok's new airport and Bangkok's
old airport.
The real problem is that the whole
procedure is wrongly organized, the Thai immigration officers
need about 4 times as long to handle 1 passenger as their Singapore
Changi Airport counterpart, since basically they are just doing the same as the
Singaporeans it must be a organization problem.
Actually even at the new
Yangon or Rangoon airport in
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