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City
Hat Yai With a population of 157,359 in the core city and about 800,000 in the Greater Hat Yai.
Hat Yai is the biggest city of Songkhla Province and the largest metropolitan area in Southern and second largest metropolitan of Thailand, and is thus often mistaken as being the capital of the province.
However Songkhla is the capital and the center of administration and culture while Hat Yai is the business center. The two cities are considered as twin cities due to the close connection, accordingly, Hat Yai and Songkhla form the Greater Hatyai-Songkhla Metropolitan Area.
The name "Hat Yai" is a short version of "Ma Hat Yai", meaning big Ma Hat tree, a relative of jackfruits in genus Artocarpus.
Airport
Hat Yai International Airport is the major southern hub airport in Hat Yai, Thailand. It is under management of Airports of Thailand, PCL.
It is also an important gateway for Muslims on their annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Nowadays, more than 800,000 passengers, 9,500 flights and 12,000 tons of cargo are handled at this airport. Located at longitude 100° 23' 55" E and latitude 06° 55' 46" N, 92 feet above sea level, the airport is 9 km from downtown Hat Yai, Highway No. 4135 links to the airport.
Service time of airport: 06.00 a.m. to 24.00 p.m.
During the 2005 Songkhla bombings, a bomb planted at the departure lounge by Pattani separatists exploded on April 3, 2005, killing one passenger and injuring 10.
The runway can handle 30 flights per hour and its durability is rated at PCN 60/F/C/X/T.
There are 7 taxiways, and an apron area of 56,461 m².
Airlines & Destinations
Domestic
Happy Airways (Phuket)
Nok Air (Bangkok-Don Mueang)
One-Two-GO Airlines (Bangkok-Don Mueang)
Thai AirAsia (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
International
Tiger Airways (Singapore)