Hat Yai Airport

Updated 27th Aug 2026

Departures from Hat Yai Airport at a glance

• 34flights a day6th busiest of 30 airports
• 4routes from here
• 6airlines
• 06:30 – 22:15first and last00061218

Collected 24 August 2026. Not live — check with the airline before booking.

Hat Yai International Airport (HDY) is operated by Airports of Thailand (AOT), which calls it the gateway to the southernmost part of the country. It is in Songkhla province, and AOT gives its catchment as the five southernmost provinces: Songkhla, Satun, Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani. AOT also records it handling Muslim passengers travelling to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage.

It is one of six airports AOT runs, alongside Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Phuket. Six is AOT's own count and not the country's: the Department of Airports operates 28 further civil airports of its own.

Where Hat Yai Airport is, and when it is open

The airport is not in Hat Yai. The address AOT publishes for it is 99 Moo 3, Airport Road, Khlong Hla Subdistrict, Khlong Hoi Khong District, which is a different district from the city it is named after. The drive into town takes roughly 20 to 30 minutes, though the airport publishes no distance or journey time of its own.

AOT gives its operating hours as 06:00 to midnight. It is not a 24-hour airport, so plan a late connection or a late arrival around that.

The site covers 3,415 rai and has one runway, 08/26, and one taxiway. Its surface is asphalt concrete. AOT publishes no length for the runway, and the figures that circulate elsewhere do not agree with each other.

The terminals at Hat Yai Airport

There are two terminal buildings, domestic and international, connected to each other. The domestic departure area is 1,268 square metres with 648 seats, and the international departure area is 630 square metres with 356 seats. Domestic arrivals have two baggage belts and international arrivals have one.

The apron covers 56,461 square metres and holds nine aircraft stands. Three have airbridges; the other six are remote, and a bus out to the aircraft is the more likely arrangement.

AOT's master plan for the airport is still under review. Nation Thailand reported in May 2026 that the review is expected to be completed by 2027, and that a first phase costing roughly 4.49 billion baht remains inside it. Nothing has been built.

How do I get from Hat Yai Airport into Hat Yai town?

AOT lists four categories of ground transport for the airport: public bus, AOT Limousine, taxi and car rental. Each is described on the airport's own service directory. The city at the other end is covered in the Hat Yai destination guide.

By the airport minibus

A minibus runs between the airport and the Hat Yai bus terminal. It boards in the public area of the passenger terminal, on the first floor.

By AOT Limousine

AOT runs its own limousine service, picking up at Entrance 8, Main Terminal, Floor 1, in the public area. The page for it carries no rate; ask before you commit. AOT's group call centre is 1722.

By taxi

AOT publishes no fixed taxi tariff for Hat Yai, and that is the awkward part of arriving here. The airport gives you nothing official to check a quoted fare against. Ask what the journey will cost before you set off.

By hire car

Car rental is one of AOT's four listed categories, with desks in the main terminal, though AOT names the category without naming the companies. Avis and Budget appear in third-party listings, without confirmation on the airport's own pages. Check that the firm you want is still there before you rely on it.

Where you can fly from Hat Yai Airport

This site holds schedule pages for four routes out of Hat Yai, a shorter list than the airport's full network:

• Hat Yai to Bangkok
• Hat Yai to Phuket
• Hat Yai to Chiang Mai
• Hat Yai to Udon Thani

The return legs have their own pages, starting with Bangkok to Hat Yai. Phuket is the only Hat Yai route Bangkok Airways currently lists, worth knowing if you were expecting the airline on the Bangkok run.

Thai Smile no longer exists. It was merged into Thai Airways International, and ch-aviation reported its final flight on 31 December 2023 and the brand discontinued from 1 January 2024. Any listing that still names it at Hat Yai is out of date.

Which Bangkok airport Hat Yai flights use

Bangkok has two airports and Hat Yai flights use both. Which one you land at depends on the airline you booked. Nok Air and Thai Lion Air fly to Don Mueang (DMK); Thai Airways International and Thai Vietjet Air use Suvarnabhumi (BKK); Thai AirAsia flies to both, and also serves Chiang Mai from Hat Yai.

The three-letter code on the booking is the thing to check, not the city name. DMK is Don Mueang and BKK is Suvarnabhumi: two separate airports, not two names for one. Confirming which of them you are booked into is easier now than on arrival.

International flights from Hat Yai

Batik Air Malaysia, the airline that used to be Malindo Air, flies Hat Yai to Kuala Lumpur. Tourism Malaysia recorded the inaugural flight from Hat Yai landing at Kuala Lumpur on 30 September 2024. Thai AirAsia also flies to Kuala Lumpur, and Scoot flies to Singapore.

EZY Airlines and the Betong flight

EZY Airlines is a Thai regional carrier based at Hat Yai, flying Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX aircraft that seat roughly ten to twelve passengers. Khaosod English reported the opening of Hat Yai to Betong International Airport on 27 June 2025. It is a hop of 152 kilometres, described in that coverage as the shortest scheduled commercial flight in the country: about 45 minutes in the air against roughly six hours by road.

A second route, Hat Yai to Surat Thani, followed on 17 October 2025, again in press coverage rather than an airline announcement. Beyond those two, accounts of where EZY flies from Hat Yai disagree with each other. Treat a longer list with caution.

Facilities at Hat Yai Airport

AOT's service directory for the airport lists special assistance, car parking, lounges, lost and found and refunds of value-added tax, alongside the four transport categories. Special assistance is a category of its own, and naming it when you ring works better than a general enquiry. The airport's own numbers are +66 7422 7000 and +66 7422 7131.

Domestic departures have a Coral Executive Lounge. AOT publishes no opening hours for it, saying only that service times vary from airport to airport, and it gives no floor or gate either. The hours and the position quoted on lounge-booking sites are those companies' own information, not the airport's.

AOT does publish a shop and dining section for the airport, and as of August 2026 it lists no outlet under either heading. Outlet lists elsewhere contradict each other, so there is nothing authoritative to plan a meal around before you arrive.