Phuket International Airport HKTVTSP

Phuket International Airport (HKT) is best understood as Phuket’s main leisure gateway, not a major alliance hub. It handles a broad mix of international holiday traffic across Asia, the Middle East, India, Europe and Russia, plus frequent domestic links to Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Samui and other Thai points. Thai AirAsia, Bangkok Airways and other Thai carriers have meaningful base or focus-city operations here, while Thai Airways brings Star Alliance connectivity mainly through Bangkok. For frequent flyers, HKT feels more like a busy origin/destination airport than a smooth global transfer hub: immigration queues, seasonal peaks, stand/gate changes and terminal changes can matter more than alliance connectivity.

Timezone: Asia/Bangkok

Nonstop from here

Carrier network (who flies) — not availability or price; tap an airport for its awards.

Airport lounges

Lounge access is reference info; commission never ranks.

Official info

Official site

https://phuket.airportthai.co.th/

General

1722

Customer service

1722

As of 2026-06-20 — confirm with the airport.

Airport facts

ICAO

VTSP

Elevation

82 ft

Scheduled service

Yes

Runways

1

Longest runway

10171 ft

Terminals

To the city

• Airport Bus → Phuket Old Bus Station / Phuket city · official airport page states buses leave every hour; Phuket Airport to City 08:15-20:15 and City to Phuket Airport 09:15-21:15
• Airport Bus Express → Patong Beach · official airport page states Airport to Patong Beach 08:00-20:00 and Patong Beach to Airport 06:00-18:30
• Phuket Smart Bus → beach route including Patong, Karon, Kata and Rawai · official airport page states service is available at the Domestic Terminal near the arrival exit

Bus / coach

Airport Bus to Phuket city, Airport Bus Express to Patong Beach, Phuket Smart Bus beach route, and public passenger vans to Patong/Kata/Karon are described on the official airport page.

Taxi

Taxi is listed on the official airport transportation page; detailed operating information was not available in the crawled official text.

Airport services

Cities served

Hotels near the airport