Name: Klang Dong Airport |
Coordinates: N 14*38.4' x E
101*18.7' |
Frequency: 122.4 |
Runway Heading: 08/26 |
Length: 740 meters |
Surface: grass growing over tarmac |
Slope: none |
Elevation: 1,326 feet |
Obstructions: wire fence on
approach to runway 26 // bamboo trees on approach to runway 08 // sometimes
cows on the runway // caution: runway being overgrown by grass. |
Location: Just north of Khao Yai National Park
Mountains (Northeast of Bangkok). The airstrip is just on the north side
of a small mountain, between the mountain and the road. |
Activities: This is a beautiful little airstrip
with a club house and several small aircraft. It is the home of the "Forego Aviation
Club" owned by Khun Prasert Prungkananont. Activities include: Flight
Instruction, Sight-Seeing Flights, Hotel (650 Baht per
night), and Horse Riding (nearby at Kamol
Farm or at Bonanza 30 km from airstrip on the border of Khao Yai).
Khun Prasert also makes CAMPERS for attaching to your pick up truck for
mobile camping. He is also making a campground on the mountain slope by his
airport for people to camp by their car. |
Contact Information:
Email
Khun Prasert to ask if
you can fly in for a visit or if you want to hire aircraft with an
instructor. He has a guestroom with beds and a bathroom in
the clubhouse for fly-in visitors to stay for the night (650 Baht). Tel: 044+361849
Mobile:
01+8782503 |
Caution: there are
bamboo trees on approach to Runway 08. This is a fairly short airstrip.
There is a concrete wall on the threshold of Runway 26. |
Other links:
LEK AVIATION
-- The best general aviation mechanic in all of Southeast Asia and
especially in Thailand is located in Klang Dong. MECHANIC IN KLANG DONG Email Khun
Lek // mobile 0818521847. |
Parking: Khun Prasert has
the most affordable aircraft parking in all of Thailand 3,000 Baht per
month.
Email
Khun Prasert |
Post address: Forego Aviation Club, 298/4 Vill. 1 Klangdong, Pak-Chong,
Nakornrajsima 30320 Thailand. Tel: 044+361849. Mobile: 081+2122613. |
Fuel: 100LL available |
Map of Airstrip: below |