Pai Airport ( th, ท่าอากาศยานปาย) is an

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serving Pai, a town in

Mae Hong Son Province Mae Hong Son province ( Burmese: မဲဟောင်ဆောင်; th, แม่ฮ่องสอน, ; Northern Thai: ; Shan: ; formerly called ''Mae Rong Son''), also spelled ''Maehongson'', ''Mae Hong Sorn'' or ''Maehongsorn'', is one of ...

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. Originally constructed during

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by the

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, the airport was deserted after the end of the war and was developed by the province in 1945 for civil aviation. Located on a 72.3-

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area around a kilometre away from Mueang Mae Hong Son, the capital district of the province, the airport has one runway (23 metres wide, 1,000 metres long) In early 2017, an expansion of the airport was considered by the government to increase tourism, but was ultimately denied after opposition from locals.

Airlines and destinations

Since

Kan Air Kannithi Aviation Co. Ltd, operated as Kan Air, was a small airline with its hub at Chiang Mai Airport. Kan Air operated charter and scheduled services in Thailand. As of September 2016, Kan Air flew nine routes. Flights from Chiang Mai were ...

discontinued all flights in April 2017, there has been no scheduled commercial airline service to Pai. In May 2018, a new carrier called Wisdom Airways announced plans to fly from Pai to Chiang Mai. A year later, the airline stopped all flights when it ceased all operations in 2019.

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* {{authority control Airports in Thailand Buildings and structures in Mae Hong Son province Airports established in 1945