Chumphon Airport

Updated 29th Aug 2026

Chumphon Airport (CJM) is in Pathio district, north of Chumphon town, and the Department of Airports runs it. Two airlines fly here, both from Bangkok Don Mueang.

Koh Tao transfers at Chumphon Airport

The ferry operator Lomprayah sells the ferry and the road transfer between the airport and Koh Tao as a single booking. Its own description of the island end puts the crossing to Thung Makham Noi pier at about two and a half hours, and the road transfer from the pier to the airport at about an hour on top.

From Koh Tao that is about three and a half hours before check-in even starts, and the operator's own advice is to leave room on the airport side for check-in, bag drop and security rather than booking the tightest connection that looks possible. In high season and around public holidays it advises booking the boat and the flight well ahead.

Koh Samui and Koh Phangan are a different journey. The same operator treats Surat Thani as the mainland gateway for those two, and the Koh Samui flights guide covers the ways in.

Which airlines fly to Chumphon Airport

Nok Air and Thai AirAsia both serve the airport, and both fly to Bangkok Don Mueang. The operator's own flight board showed only those two airlines and that one destination when this page was written.

Nok Air brought the route back in November 2024 after an absence, so an older roster may name one airline here rather than two.

The airport the typhoon built

Typhoon Gay crossed Chumphon on 4 November 1989 and the cabinet approved an airport for the province the following May, as part of reviving its economy. Building started in 1994, and the airport opened to flights on 14 March 1998. It was declared a customs airport in March 2000.

The terminal and the runway

The Department of Airports gives the terminal about 5,400 square metres of floor space and rates it for 300 passengers in a busy hour. The car park takes about 120 cars.

There is one asphalt runway, 06/24, measuring 2,100 by 45 metres, with an apron of 85 by 200 metres. The airport sits 18 feet above sea level, on a site of about 2,485 rai.

Where Chumphon Airport is, and how to contact it

The address is 135 Chum Kho subdistrict, Pathio district, Chumphon 86160. The operator gives the telephone number as 0 7759 1267-9, and the fax as 0 7759 1272.

It is a long way out of town, and in a different district. Published figures differ, placing it 35 kilometres or about 38 kilometres north of Chumphon city. Arrange how you are getting from the airport before you land, whether that is the ferry package, your accommodation or somebody meeting you.

How busy Chumphon Airport is

Published statistics give the airport 190,929 passengers in 2025, on 1,381 aircraft movements.

Who runs Chumphon Airport

Chumphon is one of 28 civil airports operated by the Department of Airports. In April 2018 the board of Airports of Thailand approved taking Chumphon over along with Sakon Nakhon, Tak and Udon Thani, subject to approval by the ministry and the cabinet.

The airport is still run by the Department of Airports, so whatever happened to that approval, the handover has not taken place.

Chumphon routes with schedules on this site

This site holds schedule pages for the Bangkok route in both directions: Chumphon to Bangkok and Bangkok to Chumphon.