 Suvarnabhumi Airport, also known as (New) Bangkok International Airport (IATA: BKK, ICAO: VTBS), is the new international airport serving Bangkok, Thailand. After numerous delays, the airport opened for limited service on 15 September 2006, and opened for all commercial flights on 28 September.
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| The airport is located in Racha Thewa in Bang Phli district, Samut Prakan Province, about 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 world's tallest control tower (132.2 m.) and the world's second largest single building and airport terminal at the time of its completion in 2006, just behind the passenger terminal at Hong Kong International Airport. The airport replaced the old Don Muang International Airport as Bangkok's primary airport for all commercial airline flights. |
