# Battambang Airport (BBM)

> Battambang, KH · IATA: BBM · ICAO: VDBG · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `BBM` |
| ICAO | `VDBG` |
| City | Battambang |
| Country | KH |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 18 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 13.09560, 103.22400 |

## Description

The assumption that an airport with an IATA code also handles freight does not hold at Battambang (BBM/VDBG): the field has been without scheduled service since 1987 and has only been open to small private aircraft again since 2018, with no air cargo activity at all. For Battambang province, Cambodia's principal rice-growing region, this means agricultural produce, garments and spare parts leave by road rather than by air from the town itself. The nearest airport with international scheduled service is Siem Reap–Angkor International (SAI), roughly 120 kilometres east, while the country's actual freight volume is concentrated at Phnom Penh, about 290 road kilometres away. A third routing is widely used along National Road 5 towards the Poipet border crossing: trucking into Thailand and uplift from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK), where freighter capacity and handling agents are available in a completely different density. Customs and export formalities are consequently handled at the actual departure airport or at the Thai border, not in Battambang. Whether and when scheduled flights return to BBM is not confirmed, so any development plans circulating should be verified before they are built into a transport plan.

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