| Name: Pai Airport - VTCI |
| Coordinates: 19*22.2' N x
098*26' E (corrected coordinates) |
| Frequency: 122.7 in
use by Kant Air // 123.0 (old frequency) // Fantasy Control 127.0
(new frenquency -- Oct'08) |
| Runway Heading: 19/01 |
| Length: 800 meters |
| Surface: grass |
| Slope: 1* downslope to the North |
| Elevation: 1550' (measured by Tom from aircraft
altimeter on the ground) |
| Obstructions: 20' trees on either end of
airstrip (Nov 2003) |
| Location: North end of the Pai valley
|
| Activities: Beautiful grass
airstrip. |
| Contact Information: DOA contact in Pai - Khun
Tahwin. Mobile: 081-765-1912 (new number/guy on the ground in Pai) // Supervising
Authority: Royal Thai Airforce. **LATEST INFORMATION courtesy of Captain
Tony Smallwood in Lampoon
(date: 20 Nov 2004): If you want to fly to Pai you must ask DOA for permit for individual
a/c. Ask for 3 months otherwise you will be given a permit for just one
flight. As the airfield is PPO you must also telephone Khun Tawin before
arrival 053 699209 or 071851737. Khun Tawin is "airport manager"!, speaks
only Thai, but he will give you r/w status and ensure people/animals are
cleared off the strip before your arrival. |
| Other links: This airstrip opened 06 Feb 2003,
"New Airport" established in Bangkok FIR. Details on AIRAC AIP
SUPPLEMENT "B1/03 - 06 February 2003." Note: TFC Mooney
landed Pai on 28 Nov 2003 in 500 meters on Runway 18. Took off in 500
meters on Runway 36. |
| Hotel: Belle Villa
www.bellevillaresort.com (nice
resort next to airport / appx 2,500B) tel:053-698226. // Rim Pai Cottages
www.rimpaicottage.com (nice bungaloes in town on the river / appx 1,200B.)
tel: 053699133 // The Quarter
www.thequarterhotel.com (new
modern resort in town near hospital / appx 3,000B) tel:053-699423 // Baan
Pai Village www.baanpaivillage.com
(nice bungaloes on river 500-800B) tel: 053698152 // The
Good Life // Baan Krating (3000B) // Boolan Buri (2700B) // Make sure you
visit BEEBOP Disco after 10pm to hear live music and see Pai come to life.
// During winter season there is Fog in Pai until 10am ("Talay Mok"). |
| Map of Airstrip: Landing Rwy 19 (looking to the
South). Thank you Khun Premchai Sripatr for the new photo of Pai. |
