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Bangkok International Airport
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Summary
Airport type public
Operator Airports of Thailand Public Co Ltd
Serves Bangkok, Thailand
Elevation AMSL 9 ft (3 m)
Coordinates 13° 54' 52" N

100° 36' 20" E

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03L/21R 12,139 3,700 paved
03R/21L 11,482 3,500 paved

Bangkok International Airport (or also Don Muang International Airport) (Thai ท่าอากาศยานกรุงเทพ, also Don Mueang, Thai ท่าอากาศยานดอนเมือง) is an airport in Bangkok, Thailand (13°54′45″N, 100°36′24″E). The airport was officially opened on March 27th 1914, although the field had been in use earlier. The main field before the opening of Bangkok International Airport was the Sa Pathum airfield.

Bangkok International Airport is an important hub of Asia and the hub of Thai Airways International. The airport has the IATA airport code BKK and ICAO Airport Code VTBD.

Bangkok International Airport serves the most air traffic in Thailand. As of 2004 more than 80 airlines serviced the airport and over 30,000,000 passengers, 160,000 flights and 700,000 tons of cargo were handled at this airport per year. In 2004 it was the 14th busiest airport in the world by passenger volume.

Vibhavadi Rangsit Road is the main route linking airport with downtown Bangkok. The Uttaraphimuk Elevated Tollway, running above Vibhavadi Rangsit, offered a more rapid option for getting into the city and connects to Bangkok's inner city expressway network.

Besides travelling by road, train is other choice for travelling to Hua Lamphong station in the center of town. The railway station is across the highway and linked with the airport by walkway bridge.

Bangkok International Airport will be replaced by the new Suvarnabhumi Airport, which has been under construction since 2002 and is currently expected to open in 2006. The present airport's fate has not been officially decided yet: while it seems certain that all international traffic and Thai's domestic operations will be moved to Suvarnabhumi, BIA may continue to serve low-cost carrier as well as charter flights.

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History

The airport was the second in Thailand (after Sa Pathum airfield, part of Sa Pathum Horse Racing Course). The first flights to the airfield were on March 8 1914 and consisted of the first aircraft of the Royal Thai Air Force. In 1911 Thailand sent three officers to France to train as pilots and they brought back to Thailand four Breguets and four Nieuports.

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History of disasters and near-disasters

On November 29, 1987, Korean Air Flight 858, which was flying from Abu Dhabi International Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to Don Muang to Gimpo Airport near Seoul, South Korea, exploded over the Andaman Sea after a bomb planted by North Korean agents exploded. Everyone on board died.

On May 26, 1991, Lauda Air Flight 004, which was headed to Wien-Schwechat International Airport in Vienna, suffered an in-flight deployment of the thrust reverser on the No. 1 engine after taking off from Don Muang. Among the 213 passengers and 10 crew, there were no survivors.

If Project Bojinka had not been discovered after a fire in Manila, Philippines, one or more aircraft owned by a U.S. carrier/s flying to this airport would have blown up over the Pacific Ocean on January 21, 1995 as part of the project's first phase.

On August 22, 1999, Mandarin Airlines Flight 642, which was landing in Tropical Storm Sam at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong on a route from Don Muang to Hong Kong, rolled upside down on the runway. The plane came to rest upside down. 3 of the passengers died.

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Terminals

Image:Bangkok International Airport.JPG Bangkok International Airport has 3 Terminals.

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International Terminal 1

  • Sri Lankan Airlines (Colombo, Hong Kong, Beijing)
  • Thai Airways International (Abu Dhabi, Athens, Auckland, Bahrain, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bangalore, Beijing, Brisbane, Busan, Chengdu, Chennai, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chittagong, Colombo, Copenhagen, Delhi, Denpasar, Dubai, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Guangzhou, Hat Yai, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kathmandu, Karachi, Khon Kaen, Kolkata, Krabi, Kuala Lumpur, Kunming, Kuwait, Lahore, London/Heathrow, Los Angeles, Luang Prabang, Madrid, Mae Hong Son, Manila, Melbourne, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Munich, Nagoya, Nakhon Si Thammarat, New York-JFK, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Phitsanulok, Phnom Penh, Penang, Perth, Rome-Fiumicino, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Singapore, Stockholm, Surat Thani, Sydney, Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek, Tokyo-Narita, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Vientianne, Xiamen, Yangon, Zurich)
  • Thai Sky (Hong Kong)
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International Terminal 2

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Domestic Terminal

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See also

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External links

fr:Aéroport international de Bangkok id:Bandara Internasional Bangkok ms:Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Bangkok nl:Don Muang ja:ドーンムアン空港 th:ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติกรุงเทพ zh:曼谷國際機場

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