Suvarnabhumi Airport Introduction Suvarnabhumi Airport (IATA: NBK, ICAO: VTBS) (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ),

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Introduction

Suvarnabhumi Airport is also called New Bangkok International Airport (NBIA) or Second Bangkok International Airport (SBIA). The airport is presently using interim IATA airport code NBK, but it will inherit the code BKK from Bangkok International Airport (Don Mueang) after it is decommissioned. The ICAO code for the airport will be VTBS. After numerous delays, the airport is now scheduled to open on 28 September 2006

Suvarnabhumi Airport is located in Racha Thewa in Bang Phli district, Samut Prakan Province, located approximately 25 kilometers east of Bangkok. The name Suvarnabhumi (pronounced su-wan-na-poom) was chosen by HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej which means "the golden land", specifically referring to the continental Indochina. Designed by Murphy/Jahn Architects, the airport will have the tallest control tower (132 m.) and the largest single building and airport terminal (563,000 m2) in the world at the time of its completion in 2006. The airport will replace the current Bangkok International Airport as Bangkok's primary airport for all commercial airline flights.

Suvarnabhumi Airport Quick Facts

Official name
Suvarnabhumi Airport is the official name. The name Suvarnabhumi was chosen by HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej, meaning "The Golden Land", specifically referring to the continental Indochina. "Golden Peninsula"or "Golden Land" is a traditional name for the Thailand - Cambodia - Laos - Burma region.

How is it pronounced
“su- wan- na- phoom”

Airport code
Suvarnabhumi Airport will inherit its IATA airport code BKK from Bangkok Don Muang International Airport.

Location
Suvarnabhumi Airport is located in Racha Thewa in the Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province, 30 kilometers east of Bangkok.

Architects
The airport was designed by Murphy/Jahn Architects

Capacity
Suvarnabhumi Airport has 2 parallel runways (60 m. wide, 4,000 m. and 3700 m. long) and 2 parallel taxiways to accommodate simultaneous departures and arrivals. The airport has a total of 120 parking bays (51 parking bays with contact gates and 69 remote gates). 5 of these have capability to accommodate the Airbus A380 aircraft. With a capacity of handling 76 flight operations per hour, both international and domestic flights will share the airport terminal but will be assigned to different parts of the concourse. In the initial phase of construction, it will be capable of handling 45 million passengers and 3 million tonnes of cargo per year. Between the airport hotel and the terminal building are the two 5-storey car park buildings with a combined capacity of 5,000 cars.

Long-term plans
* Four runways flanking two main terminals
* Two satellite buildings with a combined capacity capable of handling up to 100
million passengers and 6.4 million tonnes of cargo a
* The second phase of airport expansion involving the construction of a satellite
building south of the main terminal is expected to begin 3 to 5 years after the
completion of the first main terminal.

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