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The name Suvarnabhumi was
given by HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej (pictured right inspecting a model
of the new Suvarnabhumi Airport) at an auspicious foundation stone
laying ceremony on January 19, 2002.
Suvarnabhumi means "The Golden Land"? which
is a traditional name for the Thailand-Cambodia-Laos-Burma region
How Suvarnabhumi is pronounced:
Pronounced "soo-wanna-poom"
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Suvarnabhumi Airport covers an
area of approximately 20,000 rais (8,000 acres). The new Airport is
located about 30 kilometres (19 miles) to the east of Bangkok in Bang
Phli District, Samut Prakarn Province and is about 25 km from downtown
Bangkok
130 passport control checkpoints for arrivals, 72 for departures.
26 customs control checkpoints for arrivals, 8 for departures.
22 baggage conveyor belts.
360 check-in counters. There are 100 additional counters for passengers
without luggage.
107 moving walkways.
102 elevators.
83 escalators.
18 slanted moving sideways.
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The passenger terminal is seven
stories high and it
has 563,000 square meters of floor space, this
replaces Hong Kong's Chep Lap Kok airport as the
world's largest.
International cargo facilities are
housed within a
90,000 square metre terminal. They are divided into
four zones: Express Cargo Zone, Customers Airline
Zone, Thai Cargo and the Alliance Zone - there's also
a temperature-controlled perishable centre.
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The airport has a 600,000
square metre Customs Free
Zone and 14 warehouses that employ the very latest in
logistics technology. Raw materials and parts imported
into the country for assembly can be exported
expeditiously without passing through customs. In
addition to speeding up supply chain management,
customs free zones are considered outside of "Thai
customs territory" and allow for the importation and
subsequent export of goods without being subject to
import taxes or other duties. Taxes only apply once
the goods enter Thailand for consumption.
The main automotive route to
the new airport is via an
eight-lane road linking the terminal with the
Bangkok-Chonburi highway, in addition to connections
with the Rom Klao and King Kaew Roads, Bangna-Trad
Road and Burapha Vithee Expressway, as well as a
connection to On Nut Road.
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Additionally, a rail connection
will be established
between Suvarnabhumi and Makkasan train station in
Bangkok within the next one to two years, offering
passengers a mere 15-minute transit to the city.
Source: Board of
Investment Thailand
The control tower is 132.2 meters
high. It is the worlda^EUR^(TM)s tallest control tower. It has the
ability to manage approximately 76 flights per hour.
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