Sihanouk International Airport (formerly Sihanoukville International Airport; km, អាកាសយានដ្ឋានអន្តរជាតិខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ; french: Aéroport international de Sihanouk) , located east of Sihanoukville City in

Sihanoukville Province Preah Sihanouk ( km, ព្រះសីហនុ, UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ), also Sihanoukville, is a province (''khaet'') in southwest Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand. The provincial capital, also called Sihanoukville, is a deep water port city ...

, is

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

's third largest

international airport An international airport is an airport with customs and border control facilities enabling passengers to travel between countries around the world. International airports are usually larger than domestic airports and they must feature longer ...

. It is named, like the province itself, after King

Norodom Sihanouk Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, Norodom Sihanouk filmography, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in vari ...

. The airport is also known as Kang Keng Airport ( km, អាកាសយានដ្ឋានកងកេង, link=no). The IATA code KOS is derived from Sihanoukville's alternative name "Kampong Som".

History

The airfield was originally constructed in the 1960s with assistance from the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. After a long period of dormancy during and after the

Khmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. ...

era, the airport formally reopened on 5 January 2007. The runway was extended to a length of in order to accommodate 4E class aircraft. The 2 existing taxiways were widened and a cargo apron for 4E class aircraft was added. However, after the crash of

PMTair Flight U4 241 Progress Multi Trade Air Flight 241 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Siem Reap to Sihanoukville, Cambodia. The flight was operated by regional airliner PMTair using an Antonov An-24. On 25 June 2007, the Antonov An-24, registered ...

in June 2007 shortly before landing, scheduled passenger flight service to the airport was discontinued until 2011.

Cambodia Angkor Air Cambodia Angkor Air ( km, កម្ពុជា អង្គរ អ៊ែរ) is the national flag carrier airline of Cambodia, with its corporate headquarters and main hub in Phnom Penh. The company slogan is "''Proudly Serve the Kingdom''"''. ...

started a tri-weekly service from

Angkor International Airport Siem Reap International Airport ( km, អាកាសយានដ្ឋានអន្តរជាតិសៀមរាប; french: Aéroport international de Siem Reap) is an international airport serving Siem Reap, a popular tourist destin ...

Siem Reap Siem Reap ( km, សៀមរាប, ) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia. Siem Reap has French colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old F ...

on 14 December 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 31 March 2013. Starting in September 2013, airline will provide a Siem Reap-Sihanoukville route twice daily during the high peak season.

Airfield summary

* Runway Length: 3,300 metres * Runway Width: 40 metres + shoulders * Perpendicular Taxiway: 1 * Number of Stands: 5 * Navigation Aids and Visual Aids: ** VOR/DME (KOS 116.00 10°35'22.8''N 102°38'31.5'') ** NDB ** PAPI ** Meteo * Rescue and Firefighting: ICAO Level Cat 5

Airlines and destinations

260px, Sihanouk International Airport main gate.

Statistics

Accidents and incidents

* On 7 July 1972, a

Douglas DC-3 The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version ...

cargo plane of Cambodia Air Commercial registered as XW-PHW overran the runway on landing at Sihanouk International Airport without fatalities but was damaged beyond economic repair. * On 25 June 2007, an

Antonov An-24 The Antonov An-24 (Russian/Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-24) (NATO reporting name: Coke) is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau and manufactured by Kyiv, Irku ...

(XU-U4A) operating as

en route from

to Sihanoukville crashed about five minutes before landing, killing all 22 passengers and crew on board.

References

External links

State Secretariat Of Civil Aviation

Sihanoukville International Airport

Overview on Transport Infrastructure Cambodia
{{authority control Airports in Cambodia

Airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

Buildings and structures in Sihanoukville province