Surat Thani International Airport

Surat Thani International Airport (ท่าอากาศยานสุราษฎร์ธานี)  is in the Phunphin District, Surat Thani. The airport, 21 km west of Surat Thani, also is home to the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) squadrons. Surat Thani has a single paved runway.

Terminated

 * AirAsia - Kuala Lumpur
 * Thai Airways - Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok-Don Mueang
 * Thai Lion Air - Chiang Mai, Hat Yai

Military use
As well as being a commercial facility, Surat Thani Airport is an active RTAF base, the home of 4th Air Division/7th Wing Air Combat Command. 701 Squadron, "Shark", flies twelve SAAB JAS-39 C/D Gripen fighter aircraft. 702 Squadron operates two airborne early warning (AEW) and two transport SAAB SF340 airplanes. A further two SF340s are on order.

Accidents
On 11 December 1998, Thai Airways Flight 261, an A310-200 (HS-TIA), bound for Surat Thani from Bangkok, was making its third landing attempt in heavy rain when it crashed into a rice paddy about 3 km from the airport; 101 of the 146 passengers and crew aboard were killed.