Chiang Rai: Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport is the main airport serving the city and province of Chiang Rai in Northern Thailand. It has a single terminal and handles more than 500,000 passengers each year.
Location
Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport is located about 10 km (6 miles) north of Chiang Rai city centre.
Access to the airport is available from an access road linking the airport with Phahonyothin Road, Thailand’s Highway 1, which starts in Bangkok and runs northwards through Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai city centre and on past the airport to Mae Chan, Mae Sai and the Thai-Burmese border.
An online map with the airport’s location pinned on it can be found here:
Google Maps: Chiang Rai International Airport
Contact details
Corporate Communications Office (AOT): aotpr@airportthai.co.th
And Airport Services Division Chiang Rai International Airport: cei_service@airportthai.co.th
More contact information can be found on their official contacts web page. Please note that even though the page linked to is the airport’s English-language contacts web page, the owners of the numbers are still given in Thai, making the contacts page virtually useless to a non-Thai reader.
Official website: http://www.airportthai.co.th/chiang_rai/en/home.php
Facilities for disabled people
There seems to be no mention of any accessibility services or facilities for disabled people anywhere on Chiang Rai International Airport’s official website. If there is any information on accessibility then it is in Thai and not English.
Passengers are strongly advised to contact their airline or travel agency in advance before visiting Chiang Rai International Airport to make arrangements for wheelchair services or any other special service they might need.
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