Thai Airways ’52
Thai
Airways (TAC) was formed in 1951 with the merger of two airlines, Siamese
Airways and Pacific Overseas Airlines. In 1952 TAC operated a mixture of aircraft
including DC3s and DC4s. The following flights were most likely operated using
the DC3 and DC4 fleet.
Unusually TAC kept afloat in part by trading aircraft bought from airlines switching to jet fleets, and then selling them on to other local airlines without ever operating them in TAC flights.
The
flights below came from the October ’52 Thai Airways timetable from www.timetableimages.com .
Domestic
Routes
Bangkok – Pitsanuloke – Chiengmai
|
Heading |
Distance |
Down |
City Name |
ICAO |
Up |
Heading |
Distance |
|
348 |
0 |
0700 |
Bangkok |
VTBD |
1700 |
- |
083.7 |
|
359 |
083.7 |
0810 |
Nakorn Sawan |
VTPI |
1605 |
168 |
090.3 |
|
355 |
090.3 |
0915 |
Pitsanuloke |
VTPP |
1535 |
179 |
081.2 |
|
285 |
081.2 |
0950 |
Prae |
VTPP |
1430 |
177 |
038.6 |
|
314 |
038.6 |
1035 |
Lampang |
VTCL |
1355 |
103 |
043.0 |
|
- |
043.0 |
1100 |
Chiengmai |
VTCC |
1300 |
134 |
0 |
Bangkok – Phuket – Songkhla
|
Heading |
Distance |
Down |
City Name |
ICAO |
Up |
Heading |
Distance |
|
201 |
0 |
0800 |
Bangkok |
VTBD |
1735 |
- |
373.5 |
|
113 |
373.5 |
1115 |
Phuket |
VTSP |
1450 |
022 |
147.9 |
|
- |
147.9 |
1230 |
Songkhla |
VTSH |
1305 |
293 |
0 |
Bangkok – Ubol
|
Heading |
Distance |
Down |
City Name |
ICAO |
Up |
Heading |
Distance |
|
058 |
0 |
0730 |
Bangkok |
VTBD |
1345 |
- |
117.0 |
|
083 |
117.0 |
0845 |
Nakorn Rajsima |
VTUQ |
1245 |
238 |
149.3 |
|
- |
149.3 |
1030 |
Ubol |
VTUU |
1045 |
263 |
0 |
Bangkok – Udorn – Loey
|
Heading |
Distance |
Down |
City Name |
ICAO |
Up |
Heading |
Distance |
|
058 |
0 |
0730 |
Bangkok |
VTBD |
1705 |
- |
117.0 |
|
011 |
117.0 |
0845 |
Nakorn Rajsima |
VTUQ |
1605 |
238 |
148.8 |
|
273 |
148.8 |
1020 |
Udorn |
VTUD |
1420 |
191 |
061.1 |
|
- |
061.1 |
1125 |
Loey |
VTUL |
1155 |
094 |
0 |
Pitsanuloke – Tak – Mae sod
|
Heading |
Distance |
Down |
City Name |
ICAO |
Up |
Heading |
Distance |
|
291 |
0 |
1000 |
Pitsanuloke |
VTPP |
1430 |
- |
075.5 |
|
222 |
075.5 |
1100 |
Tak |
VTPY |
1345 |
111 |
043.2 |
|
- |
043.2 |
1130 |
Mae sod |
VTPM |
1300 |
042 |
0 |
International
Routes
Bangkok – Penang – Singapore
|
Heading |
Distance |
Down |
City Name |
ICAO |
Up |
Heading |
Distance |
|
201 |
0 |
0800 |
Bangkok |
VTBD |
1645 |
- |
373.5 |
|
113 |
373.5 |
1115 |
Phuket |
VTSP |
1400 |
022 |
147.9 |
|
191 |
147.9 |
1300 |
Songkhla |
VTSH |
1215 |
293 |
115.0 |
|
137 |
115.0 |
1515 |
Penang |
WMKP |
1100 |
010 |
324.5 |
|
- |
324.5 |
1745 |
Singapore |
WSSS |
0800 |
317 |
0 |
Bangkok – Rangoon – Calcutta
|
Heading |
Distance |
Down |
City Name |
ICAO |
Up |
Heading |
Distance |
|
305 |
0 |
0900 |
Bangkok |
VTBD |
1835 |
- |
314.8 |
|
311 |
314.8 |
1130 |
Rangoon |
VYYY |
1540 |
125 |
554.2 |
|
- |
554.2 |
1440 |
Calcutta |
VECC |
1000 |
128 |
0 |
Bangkok – Hongkong – Tokyo
|
Heading |
Distance |
Down |
City Name |
ICAO |
Up |
Heading |
Distance |
|
055 |
0 |
2330 |
Bangkok |
VTBD |
1615 |
- |
924.0 |
|
067 |
924.0 |
0845 |
Hongkong |
VHHX |
1230 |
241 |
420.2 |
|
080 |
420.2 |
1215 |
Taipeh |
RCTP |
0800 |
251 |
359.5 |
|
049 |
359.5 |
1735 |
Okinawa |
WMKP |
0440 |
264 |
831.8 |
|
- |
831.8 |
2235 |
Tokyo |
WSSS |
2130 |
238 |
0 |
Bangkok – Phnompenh – Saigon
|
Heading |
Distance |
Down |
City Name |
ICAO |
Up |
Heading |
Distance |
|
119 |
0 |
0630 |
Bangkok |
VTBD |
1700 |
- |
314.8 |
|
113 |
314.8 |
1045 |
Phnompenh |
VDPP |
1545 |
301 |
554.2 |
|
- |
554.2 |
1145 |
Saigon |
VVTS |
1345 |
293 |
0 |
Flight
Simulator Files
There is a FS2004
texture set on flightsim.com for the Thai airways DC-4 based on the FS Berlin
DC-4. These are available in dc44tha.zip and dc44paa.zip.
Thai
Airways Route Map
