Phrae Airport
Introduction '''Phrae Airport'''  is an airport serving Phrae, a town in the Phrae province of northern Thailand.
History Phrae Airport was built during World War 2 with a gravel runway. After the war ended, the airport operator was given to Royal Thai Air Force for them to maintain. Then, Phrae Airport was developed by Department of Commercial Aviation (Thailand) in 1952 for passenger and airmail uses by upgrading the runway to be 30 x 1,200 meters and building a terminal.In 1971 - 1973 Department of Civil Aviation (Thailand) upgraded the runway, taxiway, and tarmac's material to be asphalt concrete, and extending the runway again to be 1,500 meters long. In 1974 - 1975, the current terminal was built, and was expanded in 1981 - 1982 to 250 square meters. The terminal was expanded again in 1990 to 432 square meters, and installed air conditioners. Then, a new 7-floor air traffic control tower was built to separate it from the terminal in 1996.
Facilities === Terminal ===Phrae Airport's terminal is 3 storeys tall, but only one floor is used. The building space is 1,400 square meters, which can accommodate up to 374 people per hour. * Floor 1: departures and arrivals area, and airport's office. * Floor 2 and 3: previously used for air traffic control.Tarmac size is 60 by 180 meters, which can accommodate up to three ATR 72s at the same time. There are also six helicopter landing pads.
Statistics === Traffic numbers ===+ '''Traffic by calendar year''' Year Passengers Change  Aircraft movements Cargo (tonnes)2001 19,749    1,458  42.422002 12,558   36.41%  860  15.812003 10,592   15.66%  722  17.012004 828   92.18%  41  0.3962005 13   98.43%  17  0.002006 13    4  0.002007 440   3284.62%  180  0.002008 0   100.00%  0  0.002009 0    0  0.002010 470    54  0.002011 3,494   643.40%  215  0.002012 9,056   159.19%  421  0.002013 13,690   51.17%  483  0.002014 23,371   70.72%  509  0.002015 48,673   108.26%  797  0.002016 72,274   48.49%  1,191  0.002017 80,961   12.02%  1,326  0.002018 88,971   9.89%  1,460  0.002019 70,069   21.25%  1,220  0.002020 34,947   50.12%  758  0.00
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References
External links * Phrae Airport, Dept of Civil Aviation