Runways at VTSB
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Surat Thani Airport has one runway: 04/22 - 3,000 m long (9,843 ft), 45 m wide, asphalt surface.
Surat Thani Airport (VTSB / URT)
Thailand · elevation 20 ft AMSL
· 9.1326, 99.1356
About Surat Thani Airport
Surat Thani Airport is an airport with the ICAO code VTSB and the IATA code URT. Country: Thailand. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Surat Thani. 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 VTSB is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code URT is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 9°07'57"N, 99°08'08"E, at an elevation of 20 ft (6 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Asia/Bangkok.
Satellite view of VTSB
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of VTSB
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | 40° | 3,000 m (9,843 ft) | 45 m (148 ft) | asphalt |
| 22 | 220° |
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 Surat Thani Airport - statistics from METAR reports
What the METAR reports from VTSB for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.
We computed these statistics from 19,748 METAR reports issued by VTSB in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 82% of the time, MVFR 16% and IFR or LIFR 2%. Best month for VFR flying: June (90% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: October (6%).
IFR and LIFR conditions are rare here at any time of day.
Fog (FG) was reported on 12 days a year on average, most often in October. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 44 days a year on average, and snowfall practically never.
The wind most often blows from NNE (23°) - 10% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up 1% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in <1%. Warmest month: April (average high 35.5 °C); coldest: February (average low 22.7 °C).
Year
Selected period in numbers: 2023-2025
- VFR hours
- 82%
- IFR/LIFR hours
- 2%
- Avg high
- 32.5 °C
- Avg low
- 24.0 °C
- Fog days
- 12
- Thunderstorm days
- 44
- Snow days
- 0
- Prevailing wind
- NNE · 10%
- Gusts ≥ 25 kt
- <1%
Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).
- VFR 82%
- MVFR 16%
- IFR 1%
- 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: 1%
Most often: NNE - 10% 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 | 30.6 | 22.8 | 73% | 1% | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| February | 32.4 | 22.7 | 79% | <1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 33.7 | 23.5 | 81% | 1% | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| April | 35.5 | 24.8 | 83% | 3% | 1.3 | 5.7 | 0 |
| May | 34.6 | 25.3 | 82% | 1% | 1 | 8.7 | 0 |
| June | 33.6 | 24.6 | 90% | 1% | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 32.8 | 24.7 | 86% | 1% | 0 | 1.3 | 0 |
| August | 33.1 | 24.4 | 89% | 1% | 0 | 3.3 | 0 |
| September | 31.8 | 24.3 | 83% | 1% | 1 | 3.3 | 0 |
| October | 32.1 | 24.1 | 80% | 6% | 7.7 | 11 | 0 |
| November | 30.2 | 23.8 | 76% | 2% | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| December | 30.1 | 23.4 | 81% | 1% | 0 | 2 | 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: 04/22 on 40° and 220° 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 04/22 axis, wind from the south-east (around 130°) or from the north-west (around 310°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 40° or 220° 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 VTSB
Weather reports for Surat Thani Airport are published under the ICAO code VTSB. 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 VTSB 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 VTSB, 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 Ranong Airport (VTSR, 94 km), Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport (VTSF, 111 km), Samui International Airport (Na Thon (Ko Samui Island)) (VTSM, 112 km). When no report is available for VTSB, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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