BKK to HKT: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Bangkok to Phuket?

The great-circle distance between Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) and Phuket International Airport (HKT) is 674 km (419 mi, 364 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from BKK to HKT?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 20m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. HKT is roughly southwest of BKK.

How is the BKK to HKT route written in code?

The pair is written BKK-HKT in IATA codes and VTBS-VTSP in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Suvarnabhumi Airport is BKK (VTBS), Phuket International Airport is HKT (VTSP).

Both ICAO codes start with V, the prefix ICAO assigns to South and Southeast Asia, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

The two fields sit at almost the same height, within 77 ft (23 m) of each other.

Airlines flying BKK to HKT

3 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 3 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 11 carriers sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: AB, AF, BA, EY, JL, KL, LH, MH, NH, QF, QR.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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