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Suvarnabhumi Airport ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ Tha-akatsayan Suwannaphum สนามบินสุวรรณภูมิ Sanambin Suwannaphum | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Airports of Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Bangkok Metropolitan Region | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 28 September 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 2 m / 5 ft | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°41′33″N 100°45′00″E / 13.69250°N 100.75000°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | suvarnabhumi | ||||||||||||||||||
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Suvarnabhumi Airport (IATA: BKK, ICAO: VTBS)[5][6] is the main international airport serving Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.[7][8] Located mostly in Racha Thewa subdistrict, Bang Phli district, Samut Prakan province, it covers an area of 3,240 ha (32.4 km2; 8,000 acres), making it one of the biggest international airports in Southeast Asia and a regional hub for aviation. The airport is also a major Cargo Air Freight Hub (20th busiest in 2019), which has a designated Airport Free Zone, as well as road links to the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) on Motorway 7.[9]
- ^ "Thai AirAsia X to move all flight operations back to Don Mueang Airport from 1 October 2024". newsroom.airasia.com. 16 July 2024.
- ^ Fernquest, Jon (13 July 2022). "Suvarnabhumi: New runway by 2018". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Air transport statistic 2016 summary" (PDF). Airports of Thailand PLC. 23 January 2017.
- ^ "Air Transport Statistic". Airports of Thailand. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Bangkok Airport". BBC Three. 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Don Mueang to be city budget air hub". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "AirAsia to shift to Don Mueang". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ An Update on the Progress of the High-Speed Railway connecting Three Airports