Thailand Airports Guide

Thailand has become, in recent years, one of the Leading holiday destinations in the world. To deal with the recent up surge in visitors, AOT co.ltd (Airports of Thailand Co. Ltd) along with support from the Thai Government have created the world class "Suvarnabhumi" airport to compliment the existing Thai airports, Don Muang, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai, Phuket and Chiang Rai.

Traffic through airports in Thailand is expected to exceed 58 million passengers in 2008, operating 76 flights per hour and more than 3 million tons of cargo per year. Some of worlds leading airlines are operating from Airports in Thailand, some of which are Thai Airways, Air Asia, Quantas, British Airways, Star Alliance, Lufthansa and many more

Here is some more information about Some of the Thai airports operated by AOT:

SuvarnaBhumi Airport - Bangkok

About 25 Km from Central Bangkok

3,700Km meters of Runway

120 Plane Parking Gates

5000 Car Park Spaces

360 Check in Desks

Don Muang (BIA) International Airport - Bangkok

2 Runways

24 Km North of Bangkok

60 Flight Per hour capacity

167 check in counters

94 Plane Parking Stands

Phuket International Airport

10 operating Airlines

2.9 milllion passengers per year

12,000 tons of Cargo per year

32 Km from Phuket Town

10 Flights per hour

Chiang Mai International Airport

9 Airlines

2 million Passengers per Year

15,000 flights

4 km South West of Chiang Mai

24 Flights per Hour

Hat Yai International Airport

9,500 Flights per year

800,000 Passengers

9 Km from Downtown Hat Yai

30 Flights per hour

High numbers of Business Passengers

Chiang Rai International Airport

3,900 Flights per year

500,000 passengers per year

8 Km from downtown Chiang Rai

20 Flights per hour

Terminal Can handle up to 1,240 passengers