Nakhon Phanom airport seeks 120 million baht for expansion

Nakhon Phanom International Airport is seeking 120 million baht from the government for the next fiscal year hoping to add two more runways and expand is departures building. Nakhon Phanom is in the Kingdom’s far north-east, right on the Laotian border.

Prom Meeker, the airport director, says the airport needs 91 million baht to expand the departures building to accommodate 600 passengers, an increase from the current capacity of 300. The money would also be used to instal 45 additional CCTV cameras. Pirom said the rest of the money would be used to build two more runways, giving the airport a total of four runways. Pirom said the airport is currently expanding its car park zone and improving the landscape.

The airport received 150 million baht from the current fiscal year to improve its security system by installing CCTV cameras, an explosives scanning system, and weapon scanning system. The security system improvements are scheduled for September this year.

A bit more about Nakhon Phanom…

Nakhon Phanom is a province in northeastern Thailand, bordering Laos to the east over the Mekong River. It’s known for the huge, ornate Wat Phra That Phanom temple, a significant religious site said to contain the Buddha’s breastbone. The provincial capital, also called Nakhon Phanom, is home to several other temples, including Wat Okat Si Bua Ban, which features 2 sacred golden images of the Buddha.