Travel Guides

Paro valley · ~54 km / ~1.5 hr by road from Thimphu · BTN Paro International Airport (PBH) — Airport Guide 2026 Drukair added a third weekly Singapore flight on 16 May 2026, making PBH marginally easier to reach from North America and Australia via Changi — though “marginally easier” still means a daylight-only, visually-flown … Read more

~9.5 km southeast of central Miri · Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo · Malaysia visa · MYR Miri Airport (MYY) — Airport Guide 2026 The federal government approved an RM445 million terminal expansion here in April 2026 — a long-overdue decision for an airport that does more work than its two-million-passenger frame suggests, serving as the only … Read more

~24 km west of central Kuala Lumpur · Selangor · Visa · MYR Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB) — Airport Guide 2026 Subang is Kuala Lumpur’s close-in airport, 24 km west of the city centre, running Firefly’s turboprops out of Skypark Terminal since KLIA swallowed the long-haul traffic in 1998. In July 2024 jets … Read more

~22 km northwest of central Johor Bahru · Johor state · 90 · MYR Senai International Airport (JHB) — Airport Guide 2026 AirAsia runs an operating base here, which means Senai is first and foremost a low-cost domestic and regional airport — and, for travellers willing to cross the causeway, an occasionally cheaper back door … Read more

~11 km south of central Kuching · Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo · Malaysia visa · MYR Kuching International Airport (KCH) — Airport Guide 2026 AirBorneo replaced MASwings on 2 January 2026, making Kuching the base for Sarawak’s new state carrier — and if you booked a MASwings ticket before New Year’s Day, you now hold an … Read more

Padang Matsirat · central Langkawi · Visa · MYR Langkawi International Airport (LGK) — Airport Guide 2026 Langkawi is a duty-free island in the Andaman Sea, and LGK is the compact single-terminal airport that puts you on it — roughly 15 minutes from the main beach strip and 25 minutes from the capital, Kuah, with … Read more

~8 km southwest of central Kota Kinabalu · Sabah, Malaysian Borneo · Malaysia visa · MYR Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI) — Airport Guide 2026 A RM442.3 million expansion is mid-build at BKI, pushing annual capacity from 9 to 12 million passengers by 2028 — the physical acknowledgement that Sabah’s airport has been running above … Read more

Phunphin district · ~25 km west of Surat Thani town · Thai entry rules apply a · THB Surat Thani Airport (URT) — Airport Guide 2026 Thailand approved reverting the tourist visa-exemption stay from 60 days back to 30 days on 19 May 2026 — the biggest change affecting arrivals here since the airport dropped … Read more

~8 km northeast of central Chiang Rai · Ban Du · 60 days by air · THB Mae Fah Luang – Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) — Airport Guide 2026 Thailand’s Cabinet approved cutting the air-arrival visa exemption from 60 days to 30 days on 19 May 2026 — pending Royal Gazette publication, it is … Read more

Ban Chang · Rayong province — ~40 km from both Pattaya and Rayong town, ~140 km southeast of Bangkok · Visa · THB U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport (UTP) — Airport Guide 2026 Terminal 3 broke ground on 3 April 2026 on what will eventually be the Eastern Seaboard’s main international airport — but until that three-to-four-year … Read more

Bo Phut · north coast of Ko Samui — about 2 km from Chaweng · 60 · THB Samui Airport (USM) — Airport Guide 2026 Bangkok Airways built this airport in 1982, opened it in April 1989, and still owns every square metre of it — which explains both its unusual character and its stubborn … Read more

~9 km east of central Hat Yai · Songkhla Province · Exempt, currently 60 day · THB Hat Yai International Airport (HDY) — Airport Guide 2026 Hat Yai International is southern Thailand’s main airport — a compact single-terminal operation 9 km east of a city that exists primarily for cross-border commerce, and in May 2026 … Read more

~11 km north of central Cheongju · Chungcheongbuk-do · KRW Cheongju International Airport (CJJ) — Airport Guide 2026 From 1 January 2026, every foreign traveller landing in Korea — visa-free or otherwise — must submit a Korea e-Arrival Card online before arrival. That is the one practical change that makes this year’s version of this … Read more

Sinchon-dong · Gwangsan District, western Gwangju · Cleared at international · KRW Gwangju Airport (KWJ) — Airport Guide 2026 Gwangju Airport is a compact domestic terminal on the western edge of South Korea’s sixth-largest city — two destinations, five carriers, and, as of a December 2025 agreement, an agreed plan to relocate the whole operation … Read more

~3–8 km from central Daegu · North Gyeongsang region, southeast South Korea · KRW Daegu International Airport (TAE) — Airport Guide 2026 Daegu International Airport sits 3–8 km from the city centre, sharing a runway with a Republic of Korea Air Force base and a US Forces Korea presence — one of the stranger civilian … Read more