Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand
This new Suvarnabhumi airport completed in 2004 is located in the Samut Prakarn province of Thailand, approx. 30km east of Bangkok. Construction of the Second Bangkok International Airport (SBIA) began on 9 November 2001 and completed in August 2005.
Once completed, Suvarnabhumi replaced Don Muang as Bangkok's international airport, relegating the latter to domestic-only status. Don Muang is currently the world's 22nd busiest airport and the busiest in Southeast Asia but it has already reached its full capacity at 30 million passengers per Annam. Suvarnabhumi eventually able to cope with 100 million passengers per year and will have four runways with which to do this.
September 28, 2006: Bangkok's new US$3 billion airport, Suvarnabhumi Airport opened It can handle over 75 flights per hour & 45 million passengers per year. Tourism accounts for almost 15% of the Thai GNP & this new airport is designed to make Bangkok the leading air hub & tourist destination in Asia.
- Outside the long security lines most issues with the new airport have been professionally resolved.
- All international flights land at Suvarnabhumi and all Thai customs / Thai immigration is done at Suvarnabhumi (except flights direct to Phuket).
- All transoceanic flights land at Suvarnabhumi.
- For planes landing in Bangkok, immigration & customs are done at Suvarnabhumi no matter final destination.
More at http://www.csmngt.com/suvarnabhumi_airport_bangkok_thailand.htm and http://www.bangkokairportonline.com/
Airport Facilities And Capacity
The SBIA is designed to handle 100 million passengers per year but the first stage of construction will only provide facilities for 30 million passengers annually. Operating as many as 76 flights per hour on two simultaneous runways it will have 51 aircraft stands and 69 remote parking bays for wide-bodied aircrafts and handle over 1.46 million tons of cargo annually. Facilities to be completed in the first stage include:
- 563,000m² passenger terminal
- Two parallel runways, each 60m wide and 3,700m long with a runway separation distance of 2,200m
- Aircraft stands: 51 contact gates, 69 remote parkings
- 132m air traffic control tower
- Two parking garages with a capacity for 5,000 cars
- 190,000m² cargo terminal
- Aircraft maintenance facilities: four fully equipped aircraft hangars to service up to 12 aircrafts simultaneously
- Three separate catering facilities to cater for 65,000 airlines meals per day
- Landside road system: 2x2 lane roads inside the airport with the total length of 36km
- Utility system: 40,000cm³ water tank; water treatment system for 12,000cm³ of water per day; main transformer station for transforming electricity from 115kV to 24kV; eight garbage collection stations; telephone system of seven telephone exchanges and two main exchanges
- Electrical railway system: a future extension will swiftly transport passengers to and from central Bangkok
- First-class hotel with 1,500 rooms
- Express freight facilities: one warehouse, one office building, 12 aircraft stands
Suvarnabhumi holds plenty of promise: New international airport is expected to spur major development in the area
By Kanana Katharangsiporn
Suvarnabhumi Airport, scheduled to open in September 2005, will not be only be Thailand's second international airport and a regional aviation hub but also a value-adder to neighbouring areas as the new airport has brought with it transport network and utilities system development.
The new airport, with a total area of 20,000 rai, is located near Km 15 on the eastbound Bang Na-Trat Highway in Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan province and is about 25 kilometres from downtown Bangkok. Five access routes to the new airport with a total of 26 traffic lanes will include:
1. North access: an eight-lane elevated road linking the Bangkok-Chon Buri highway leading to the passenger terminal.
2. Northwest access: a six-lane elevated road linking an elevated route from Rom Klao and King Kaew Road.
3. South access: a four-lane road linking the Bang Na-Trat highway and the Buraphavithee (East Route) Expressway.
4. Northeast access: a four-lane road linking Onnuj Road.
5. West access: a four-lane road linking
Taxi service
- If traveling light the fastest way to Don Muang from Suvarnabhumi is to combine taxi & BTS. If you have more than 2 small bags the BTS transfers will obviously be difficult.
- Taxi from Suvarnabhumi to BTS On-Nut.
- BTS from On-Nut BTS Station to BTS Mochit Station. BTS Map.
- Taxi from Mochit BTS to Don Muang.
- Total cost under 400 Thb.
- Of course, reverse for Don Muang to Suvarnabhumi
Taxi service from Suvarnabhumi Airport to to Bangkok City, Cha-Am, Kanchanaburi, Pattaya
Taxi to Hua Hin