Runways at VTPO
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Sukhothai Airport has one runway: 18/36 - 2,100 m long (6,890 ft), 45 m wide, asphalt surface.
Sukhothai Airport (VTPO / THS)
Thailand · elevation 179 ft AMSL
· 17.2380, 99.8182
About Sukhothai Airport
Sukhothai Airport is an airport with the ICAO code VTPO and the IATA code THS. Country: Thailand. OurAirports classifies it as a medium-sized airport. Its ICAO code starts with the VT prefix, which marks airports in Thailand. The four-letter code VTPO is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code THS is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 17°14'17"N, 99°49'06"E, at an elevation of 179 ft (55 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Asia/Bangkok.
Satellite view of VTPO
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of VTPO
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 180° | 2,100 m (6,890 ft) | 45 m (148 ft) | asphalt |
| 36 | 360° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
Climate at Sukhothai Airport - statistics from METAR reports
What the METAR reports from VTPO for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.
We computed these statistics from 15,495 METAR reports issued by VTPO in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 75% of the time, MVFR 22% and IFR or LIFR 3%. Best month for VFR flying: December (94% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: March (10%).
Through the day, IFR or LIFR conditions are most frequent around 00:00 UTC (11% of reports at that hour) and least frequent around 12:00 UTC (0%).
Fog (FG) was reported on 1.3 days a year on average, most often in January. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 20 days a year on average, and snowfall practically never.
The wind most often blows from SSE (158°) - 8% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up 2% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in <1%. Warmest month: April (average high 38.0 °C); coldest: January (average low 18.5 °C).
Year
Selected period in numbers: 2023-2025
- VFR hours
- 75%
- IFR/LIFR hours
- 3%
- Avg high
- 33.4 °C
- Avg low
- 24.1 °C
- Fog days
- 1.3
- Thunderstorm days
- 20
- Snow days
- 0
- Prevailing wind
- SSE · 8%
- Gusts ≥ 25 kt
- <1%
Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).
- VFR 75%
- MVFR 22%
- IFR 2%
- LIFR <1%
The top of each bar is the average daily high, the bottom the average daily low (usually around dawn), in °C.
Wind rose
- 1-10 kt
- 11-20 kt
- over 20 kt
- calm: 2%
Most often: SSE - 8% of reports. Each petal shows the direction the wind blows from (as in METAR) - the longer it is, the more often. Colour shows wind speed.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high °C | Avg low °C | VFR | IFR/LIFR | Fog days | Thunderstorm days | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.3 | 18.5 | 74% | 2% | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 33.4 | 20.9 | 49% | 6% | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 35.9 | 23.3 | 38% | 10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 38.0 | 26.5 | 50% | 4% | 0 | 1.7 | 0 |
| May | 35.8 | 26.3 | 81% | 1% | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| June | 33.7 | 26.3 | 88% | <1% | 0 | 2.3 | 0 |
| July | 32.9 | 26.1 | 85% | 1% | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 33.2 | 25.8 | 86% | 2% | 0 | 2.7 | 0 |
| September | 32.3 | 25.7 | 78% | 3% | 0 | 3.3 | 0 |
| October | 32.9 | 25.5 | 86% | 1% | 0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 31.7 | 23.2 | 91% | <1% | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| December | 31.2 | 21.2 | 94% | <1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Temperatures are averages of daily highs and lows. Day counts are the average per month over the period.
Runway headings and wind
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 18/36 on 180° and 360° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 18/36 axis, wind from the west (around 270°) or from the east (around 90°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 180° or 360° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
METAR and TAF for VTPO
Weather reports for Sukhothai Airport are published under the ICAO code VTPO. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the VTPO report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for VTPO, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Asia/Bangkok zone stays at GMT+07:00 year-round, so converting to local time is always the same shift.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Phitsanulok Airport (VTPP, 70 km), Tak Airport (VTPT, 71 km), Khunan Phumipol Airport (VTPY, 81 km). When no report is available for VTPO, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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