Sihanoukville International Airport

Sihanoukvill International Airport អាកាសយានដ្ឋានអន្តរជាតិក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ Aéroport International de Sihanoukville
Logo of Sihanoukvill Airport Authority
IATA: KOS – ICAO: VDSV KOS Location of airport in Cambodia
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Societe Concessionnaire des Aeroports (SCA)
Location	Preah Sihanouk Province
Elevation AMSL	40 ft / 12 m
Coordinates	10°34′48″N 103°38′13″E / 10.58000°N 103.63694°ECoordinates: 10°34′48″N 103°38′13″E / 10.58000°N 103.63694°E
Website	cambodia-airports.com/...
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 03/21 6,000 1,800 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passenger movements 94,630 Airfreight movements in tonnes ? Aircraft movements 1,853
Source: Cambodia Airports[1][2]

Sihanoukville International Airport (IATA: KOS, ICAO: VDSV)(Khmer: អាកាសយានដ្ឋានអន្តរជាតិក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ French: Aéroport International de Sihanoukville), located 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Sihanoukville city, in Sihanoukville Province, is Cambodia's third international airport. The airport is also known as Kaong Kang Airport (Kaong Kang, កោងកាង = mangrove). The IATA code KOS is derived from Sihanoukville's alternative name Kompong Som.

Airfield Summary

• Runway Length: 2,500 meters^[3]
• Runway Width: 40 meters + shoulders
• Perpendicular Taxiway: 1
• Number of Stands: 5
• Navigation Aids and Visual Aids:
  • VOR/DME (KOS 116.00 10°35'22.8N 102°38'31.5)
  • NDB
  • PAPI
  • Meteo
• Rescue and Firefighting: ICAO Level Cat 5

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Cambodia Angkor Air	Ho Chi Minh City (begins 17 June 2016),[4] Phnom Penh, Siem Reap
Dragonair	Charter: Hong Kong
Lucky Air	Kunming[5]
SilkAir	Charter: Singapore
Sky Angkor Airlines	Seasonal: Seoul, Siem Reap

Airport Development Overview

The airfield was originally constructed in the 1960s with assistance from the Soviet Union.^[6] After a long period of dormancy during and after the Khmer Rouge era, the airport formally reopened on January 15, 2007.^[7] The airport's runway had been extended to 2,500 metres (8,202 ft), which will allow it to accommodate jet airplanes such as the Boeing 737. However, since the crash of PMTair Flight U4 241 shortly before landing in June 2007, there was no scheduled service to the airport until 2011. Cambodia Angkor Air started a tri-weekly service from Angkor International Airport in Siem Reap on December 14, 2011. The service was further adjusted to continue Phnom Penh as well operating a triangle route Siem Reap-Sihanoukville-Phnom Penh-Siem Reap from the beginning of March 31, 2013. In winter time schedule start from September 2013, The national air carrier Cambodia Angkor Air provide Siem Reap-Sihanoukville twice time daily flight during high peak season.

Statistics^[8]

Year	Total Passenger movements	Change%	Total Aircraft movement	Change%
2012	13,022		349
2013	19,713	51.38	570	63.33
2014	43,400	120.16	998	75.09
2015	94,630		1,853

Accidents and incidents

• On 7 July 1972, Douglas DC-3 (XW-PHW) of Cambodia Air Commercial overran the runway on landing at Kompong Som Airport and was damaged beyond economic repair.^[9]
• On 25 June 2007, an Antonov An-24 (XU-U4A) operating as PMTair Flight U4 241 en route from Siem Reap to Sihanoukville crashed about five minutes before landing, killing all 22 on board.

See also

• Phnom Penh International Airport
• Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport

References

1. at Cambodia Airports. Retrieved 2015-04-27
2. Google (2013-08-25). "location of Preah Sihanouk International Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
3. "State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (Cambodia)" (PDF). schedule coordination. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
4. "Cambodia Angkor Air Adds New Vietnam Routes in S16". airlineroute. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
5. http://airlineroute.net/2015/11/17/8l-kmgkos-nov15/
6. "Airports". Retrieved 2007-01-18.
7. "Cambodia reopens Sihanouk airport". Retrieved 2007-01-18.
8. "Traffic Data". Retrieved 2015-10-05.
9. "XW-PHW Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

External links

• The Sihanoukville Airport