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Koh Samui Airport


Location: Koh Samui - Thailand Date: 24 Feb 2008

Samui Airport (USM) is the airport of Koh Samui, serving domestic and international destinations. Samui Airport is a privately owned airport, built and owned by Bangkok Airways.

Samui Airport
Samui Airport


Ticket Office
Ticket Office


Bangkok Airways bills itself as a boutique airline and the airport feels more like a tropical hotel resort than an airport. Samui Airport was listed 4th Best Airport in the Smart Travel Asia 2006 online poll.

Departure Lounge
Departure Lounge


The airport has 2 terminals (Domestic and International) and is opened planned. There are no wall as such, so the tropical air circulates freely in the terminal and you can see the gardens and runway nearby.

The departure lounge features comforts that you would usually associate with alliance lounges at big airports. There is a Courtesy Corner with free coffee and snacks, and complimentary newspaper stand. There is also a free internet corner (but no wireless).

Courtesy Corner
Courtesy Corner


Newspaper Rack
Newspaper Rack


The toilets are great. You have to go in even if you don't need to just to see the tropical fish tanks.

Mens Toilet
Tropical Fish Tank - Mens Toilet


Boutique Toilet
Boutique Toilet


When your flight is ready you are transferred to your plane via a tropical transfer bus.

Transfer Bus
Transfer Bus


Samui is a great airport if you have become too accustomed to the drudgery of low cost airline terminals, which are often not much more than a tin shed. It adds a touch of class to flying which was lost, well decades ago. The high landing costs for other airlines though is probably why there aren't as many airlines flying into Samui.

Samui Airport is currently used by Bangkok Airways, Thai Airways, Berjaya Air and Firefly.

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Comments:
Thanks so much for sharing the photos James! I got a particular kick out of the bathroom pics with the fish tank over the urinals.
-Suz
San Francisco Family Hotels
 

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