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• Arrivals at Surat Thani Airport (URT)
• Departures from Surat Thani Airport (URT)

Where are the arrivals and departures?

The airport has one small terminal.

Basic orientation

• 🛬 Arrivals - ground floor
• 🛫 Departures (check-in) - ground floor (same hall)

In practice: the transition from check-in to gate takes 5-15 minutes depending on the queue at security.

How long before departure to arrive?

Here's the biggest difference from the big airports.

Real recommendations:

• 75-90 minutes before departure - absolutely adequate.

💡 Experience:

• Check-in and security only take a few minutes
• Long queues are rare (usually 10 minutes maximum for security)

Night airport traffic

The airport is not open 24/7.

What this means:

• the terminal is closed at night
• traffic is governed by the flight schedule

💡 If you have a very early departure:

• check the terminal opening hours
• arrive up to approx. 1.5 hours before departure

How to arrive

Upon arrival:

1. disembarkation from the aircraft (often on foot on the tarmac)
2. baggage collection (small belt)
3. departure out

The whole process usually takes 10-20 minutes.

The luggage tends to be out quickly - sometimes it arrives almost immediately.

How the departure process works

The process is simple:

1. check-in at the counter
2. security check-in
3. small departure lounge

You can do everything in 10-15 minutes.

Hotels near the airport

There is limited accommodation around the airport.

Approximately 3 km from the airport (about 10-15 minutes drive) you can stay in K2 Hotel @ Airport. The airport offers its own transfer service for a fee, but you can of course also use Grab, which is available at any time of the day or night.

Prices are extremely low and you can pay from 15 usd for a night in a room with private bathroom.

For more accommodation deals look all the way in the centre of Surat Thani.

Find accommodation in Surat Thani

Where to go when you arrive?

Surat Thani airport serves mainly as a transfer point to the islands.

The most common continuation:

• Koh Samui
• Koh Phangan
• Koh Tao

Detailed directions:

• 👉 Transportation from Surat Thani Airport
• 👉 How to get to Koh Phangan
• 👉 How to get to Koh Samui

💡 Important: through our popular website 12go, you can book the complete bus + ferry + transfer from the pier to the hotel in one step. Great, practical and cheaper than booking the ferry separately and dealing with transport via Grab or taxis.

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