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Suvarnabhumi Airport covers an area of 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 about 25 km from downtown Bangkok.

Airport Facts

• 130 passport control checkpoints for arrivals and 72 for departures.
• 26 customs control checkpoints for arrivals and 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 uses the in-line screening method, which scans luggage while on the conveyor belts.

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.

Characteristics: asphaltic concrete

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 a capacity to manage approximately 76 flights per hour.

Car parking buildings is located at the front of the passenger terminal complex. There are 2 car park buildings with a capacity of accommodating approximately 5,000 cars. In addition, there are parking areas on the ground level on the exterior, which can accommodate up to 1,100 cars. There is also a long term parking area that can accommodate 4,000 cars and 78 buses.