Suvarnabhumi Airport

His Majesty the King Bhumipol Adulyadej had conferred the name

“SUVARNABHUMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT”

Suvarnabhumi Airport the Gateway to Asia

Suvarnabhumi Airport has an area of 20,000 Rai (8,000 acres), situates on Bangna-Trad Road, Km 15. and is 25 km. far from Bangkok.

The meaning

     - Overall appearance of the logo is an abstraction displaying the flying, rising, which means the progress of the organization and the leadership in air transportation and communication, which are the significant main mission and   it also means organization’s continuously further development.
     - Also the detail of the logo means being the Suvarnabhumi Airport completely with the aspect displaying the concealed scenery of the airport. The lower three blue strips display the runway of the airport. The upper two golden strips display the parking aircraft. In some aspect, the blue strips seem to be the roof part of the airport’s terminal too.      

- The graphic of the logo is the combination of the Thai and international art and implies the Thai way inspired by the applied Thai graphic internationally. It imparts the international airport of the Thai nation.

Capability on Initial Phase      

Can Accommodate 45 million passengers per year
Can Support 76 flights per hour
Can Support of 3 million tons of cargo per year

Building and Facilities
A single Passenger Terminal serving both domestic and international passengers, with a usable area of around 563,000 Square Meters.

Concourse Buildings  
       There are 7 four-storey buildings A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Concourse building A serves domestic passengers, concourse building B serves international passengers from 21.00-04.00 hour. Concourse Buildings C, D, E, F and G serve international passengers.

Runways 
       There are 2 runways in the first phase, the east runway is 4,000 m. long and 60 m. wide and the west runway is 3,700 m. long and 60 m. wide There are 52 taxiways.

Aircraft Apron 
       There are 51 contact gates and 69 remote parking bays. There are 8 parking bays for Airbus A380, of which  5 are contact gates.

Aviation Control Tower 
       With 132.2 m. in height, it is the world’s tallest aviation control tower, fully equipped with state of the art technology air traffic service, to handle 76 flights per hour.

Fire Brigade and Rescue Building 
       There are 3 stations. The main station is responsible for the fire-fighting of the buildings. The 2 substations, located between the east and west runways, are responsible for the fire-fighting of aircrafts. Each station meets the Level 10 of the Fire and Rescue Services standard of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

Aviation Meteorology Bureau
       The Aviation Meteorology Bureau is responsible for supporting aviation activities at Suvarnabhumi Airport, conforming with standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization and the World Meteorology Organization, by installing the meteorological equipment and system providing aviation meteorological information for the benefit of monitoring and reporting aviation weather conditions, weather forecast at the airport and flight routes, with ability to issue warnings of hazardous weather condition.

The Power Sub-station 
       The station has a panel board transforming the voltage of 115 KV received from the Metropolitan Electricity Authority into 24 KV.

The Water Supply Station 
       The Water Supply Station obtains water from the Metropolitan Water Works Authority and supplys to the passenger terminal and other buildings through 35 km. underground pipeline network. The water supply station can accommodate 40,000 cubic meters, in accordance with the standard of the International Civil Aviation Organization. 

The Waste Water Treatment Plant 
       The Waste Water Treatment Plant serves collects waste water from the passenger terminal and other buildings through the underground pipeline network for treatment. Currently, it can treat 18,000 cubic meters waste water per day. The treated waste water is recycled for using in the air-condition cooling system and for watering the plants around the Airport.

The Electricity and Cooling Water Generation Plant 
       The Electricity and Cooling Water Generation Plant is operated by District Cooling System and Power Plant  Co., Ltd., a state enterprise of the Ministry of Energy under a joint venture with PTT, EGAT and MEA. The joint venture invested in the construction of district cooling system and power plant, which uses natural gas as fuel for generating the electricity by the co-generating system to supply Suvarnabhumi Airport. Moreover, the surplus of the energy from the electricity generation, namely the thermal energy, is used for generating cold water and steam, to use in the air-conditioning system in the Passenger Terminal.

The Technological and Airport Information Building 
       The Technological and Airport Information Building consists of 4 main control centers, Airport Operation Center, Security Control Center, Emergency State Control Center and Network Management Center.

The Car Park Building
       There are 2 car park buildings in front of the Passenger Terminal, which can accommodate approximately 5,000 cars and there is also a 30,000 m2 car park area that can accommodate 1,000 cars.

The Public Transport Center 
       The Public Transport Center has a total area of about 42,000 m2 or 26 Rai. The area is divided into a car park area and a waiting area for various mode of transpartation, such as taxi, limousines, and car rentals. Moreover, within the center, there is a bus terminal for 2 types of public transportation stations, for Bangkok Mass Transport Authority (BMTA) and Transport Company Limited buses. There are also a petrol station and a convenient store.

Duty-Free Zone (Cargo Warehouses)
       The government has a policy to promote Suvarnabhumi Airport as a Center of Aviation, Passenger and Cargo Transportation. Therefore, the Duty-Free Zone was created in order to facilitate the handling of inbound, outbound cargo and transit cargo with minimum customs procedure. The Duty Free Zone is located in the northwest end of the Airport, and has a total area of 549,416 m2 or about 345 Rai, as a well as public area of 111,156 m2 .The main buildings consist of:

- Thai Airways International Public Company Limited and WFSPG Cargo Company Limited Cargo handling building.
- 4 Warehouse
- 4 Freight Forwarding Agency Buildings
- Office Building for Customs Office and related government agencies
- Free Trade Zone Administrator Building

Novotel Hotel Suvarnabhmi
       It is locates about 300 meters from the Passenger Terminal, with 600 rooms, and other facilities such as function rooms, restaurants, spa and fitness room.