Suvarnabhumi Airport
Suvarnabhumi Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ; IATA: BKK, ICAO: VTBS), also unofficially known as Bangkok Airport,[1][2] is the main international airport of Bangkok, Thailand. It is located in Bangchoung, Rachatawa, Noungprue and Bangphli district Samutprakarn province.[3] The area of the airport is about 32 square kilometres (12 sq mi). It is six times bigger than Don Mueang International Airport, the other international airport serving Greater Bangkok.
Budget
The Thai government gave a budget of about 150,000 million baht (US$4.9 billion or 3.7 billion euro) to build this international airport. This included investment of Government service and State Enterprises of 137,000 million baht ($4.46 billion), and private company about 13,000 million baht ($423 million). The airport could support the passengers more than 45 million people. It was designed by Helmut Jahn.
International airlines
International airlines included of 102 airways and 142 cities. There are:
Domestic airlines
Most domestic airlines fly from Don Mueang Airport, but the following airlines fly from Suvarnabhumi:
- Asia Atlantic Airlines (hub)
- Bangkok Airways (hub)
- Business Air
- Jetstar Asia (hub)
- Orient Thai Airlines (hub)
- Thai Airways (hub)
- Thai Smile (hub)
Suvarnabhumi Airport Media
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A Thai Airbus A340-500 (HS-TLA, Chiang Kham) at Suvarnabhumi Airport in 2008
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A Siamland flying service (HS-CPG) smallest plane International Passengers operations at Suvarnabhumi
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Check-in hall at Suvarnabhumi Airport, seen from the upper level
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Check-in hall in night seen at Suvarnabhumi Airport
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Art pieces at Suvarnabhumi Airport
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Airport traffic control tower (ATCT) at Suvarnabhumi Airport. At 132.2 meters, it is the world's third tallest ATC tower
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Suvarnabhumi Airport tug-of-war art
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Concourse Design: 5-pin arch-truss-girders with glazed facades and a translucent fabric membrane set-up, spanning across to bridge the 27 m spacing between the glass facades
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Suvarnabhumi Airport map based on OSM graphics, actualized up to mid-2023
Shuttle bus to Downtown Bangkok
References
- ↑ "Bangkok Airport". BBC Three. 2015. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
Series in which young Brits pass through Bangkok Airport to embark on adventures of a lifetime.
- ↑ "Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) – Official Airports of Thailand (Bangkok Airport)". Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ↑ http://econ.tu.ac.th/settasan/Pdf/J124.pdf Archived 2009-03-20 at the Wayback Machine , Suvarnabhumi. (in Thai)