Airport Information
Suvarnabhumi Airport Project is a national priority of the government and is designated to be the aviation hub in Southeast Asian region. Since Bangkok International Airport (BIA) has restrictive development to accommodate the air traffic growth in the future, which is estimated to be up to 58 million passengers per year in 2008 while the full-scale development of provided plot of land at Nong Ngu Hao with its capacity to accommodate 45 million passenger per year, 76 flights per hour and 3 million tons of cargo per year.
Suvarnabhumi Airport covers an area of some 20,000 rais (8,000 acres). The new international airport is located about 15 km of on the east-bound Bangna-Trat Highway in Bang Phli District, Samut Prakarn Province and is about 25 km from downtown Bangkok.
There are many more facilities at Suvarnabhumi Airport compared to the current Bangkok International Airport to the facilities and better service provision for passengers.
- 130 passport control checkpoints for arrivals, 72 for departures.
- 26 customs control checkpoints for arrivals, 8 for departures.
- 22 baggage conveyor belts.
- 360 check-in counters. There are 100 additional counters for passengers with no luggage to check-in to minimize queuing time.
- 107 moving walkways.
- 102 elevators.
- 83 escalators.
- 18 slanted moving sideways.
The baggage handling system at Suvarnabhumi airport has the capability to serve 45 million passengers per year. The baggage handing system at Suvarnabhumi Airport uses the in-line screening method, which scans luggage while on the coveyor belts.
Service time of airport : 24 hours.
Runways open for operation in the initial phase are the eastern runway with the length of 3,700 meters and width of 60 meters.
Accommodation capacity : at the initial phase of service provision, the north section of the airport will be able to accommodate 45 million passengers per year, 76 flights per hour and 3 million tons of cargo handling per year.
Taxiways : 52 taxiways are to be in operational service.
Aircraft parking space : 120, of which 8 are for Airbus A380 (5 of them are contact gates)
The control tower is 132.2 meters high. It is the world’s tallest control tower, fully-equipped with the best technologies that will facilitate smooth air traffic control. It has the ability to manage approximately 76 flights per hour.
Car parking buildings : located at the front of the passenger terminal complex. There are 2 car park buildings with a capacity of approximately 5,000 cars. In addition, there are parking areas on the ground level on the exterior which can accommodate approximately 1,100 cars. There is also a long term parking area that can accommodate approximately 4,000 cars and 78 buses.
The airport operation building is a 6 storey building which consists of AOT administrative office, airline offices and governmental offices, with a canteen on 1st floor.
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