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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, Thailand. It is accessible via five routes.
'Suvarnabhumi'Meaning
'a Golden Land'.
'Suvarnabhumi' is the new airport's name graciously blessed by His Majesty the King on September
29, 2000.
'Suvarnabhumi' denotes a fertile land where inhabitants live peacefully
as well as a business hub from which the economy thrives.
The new airport has an initial capacity of 45 million annual passengers, 76 flights an hour and over 3 million tons
of cargo. 2 runways with a distance width of 2,200 meters, each 3,700 meters and 4,000 meters long, able to accommodate
A380. Also included are 51 aircraft stands with aerobridge gates of which 4 are designed to handle the super jumbo
Airbus A380 and 69 remote parking bays and 2 car parking buildings connected to the passenger terminal to serve
over 5,000 cars. A gross 563,000-square-meter area is set for an assortment of 24/7 Duty Free shops. The completed
project will feature 4 runways totally, resulting in an ultimate capacity of 100 million annual passengers,
112 flights an hour and 6.4 million tons of cargo.
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