Third runway approved for Suvarnabhumi Airport

[webfact]

Third runway approved for main airport

By THE NATION

 

Suvarnabhumi International Airport

 

A PROPOSED third runway for Suvarnabhumi International Airport has cleared the final hurdle, with the Cabinet yesterday approving the Bt21.8 billion project.

 

The construction, to be overseen by the Airports of Thailand (AOT), is scheduled to be completed in 2021.

 

Deputy government spokesman Weerachon Sukhondhapatipak said work is scheduled to begin this year. 

 

A plan for the construction of the taxiway B2 extension, at a cost of Bt622.33 million, was dropped. That decision enabled the overall cost of the project to be reduced from the originally envisaged Bt22.42 billion, Weerachon said.

 

A contract is expected to be signed after the Environmental Health Impact Assessment (EHIA) gains approval from the Office of National Environment Board. 

 

The third runway will enable 30 more flights per hour for Bangkok’s main airport. 

 

Its two runways can accommodate 64 flights an hour. 

 

The western runway is 3.7 kilometres long and the eastern one is 4km.

 

The two runways average 63 flights an hour during busy times. If an emergency occurs or a runway is closed for maintenance, total runway capacity will be almost halved to 34 flights an hour.

 

The 4 km third runway will be in the western part of the airport, the same side as the main warehouse and the current western runway. 

 

Once the third runway comes into service, it will also be used for cargo flights when the western runway is closed for maintenance. 

 

This project will include a navigation system, the construction of drainage system and fire and rescue stations.

 

Key infrastructure 

 

The project is part of Thailand’s transport infrastructure development plan from 2015. 

 

According to the Ministry of Finance, the AOT should apply appropriate risk management for the project. 

 

The third runway will provide a low rate of return and it will be 20 years before it breaks even.

 

The AOT will also coordinate with agencies such as Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd to plan construction of a fourth runway to cope with future air traffic, and set a standard to reduce any impact that may arise from delays and service quality of Suvarnabhumi airport.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/Economy/30367859

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-04-18

[jerojero]

Mayby they should slide a few billion over to the terminal and fix the crappy air con in most areas. Pathetic compared to most major airports such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

[legend49]

2 hours ago, jerojero said:

Mayby they should slide a few billion over to the terminal and fix the crappy air con in most areas. Pathetic compared to most major airports such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Not to mention the poor signal free wifi and lack of seating.

[RandolphGB]

2 hours ago, jerojero said:

Mayby they should slide a few billion over to the terminal and fix the crappy air con in most areas. Pathetic compared to most major airports such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Personally I'd prefer an airport that doesn't have cracked runways constantly needing repairs and operate at 200 per cent over capacity than air con or wifi that isn't up to standards of the some fussy passengers.

[Johnnyngai]

To accommodate more zero dollar tours from mainland China.   

Ninety % of the population has never been outside of the country before. 

Thailand will be their first trip.      

[justin case]

yeah, just what I need, more pollution... I see them almost land in my garden

 

biggest airport, you might think they would drop an immigration office overthere ?

 

nah.... let keep the old shitty immigration office and the other side of the province...

 

you guys that go to CW, you don't know how good you have it there....

 

all banks, services, restaurants ...

[Srikcir]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Third runway approved for main airport

There's never been an issue with approving a third runway that was authorized during Yingluck's regime.

Since 2013 the airport daily flights have exceeded capacity and increasingly so during the current regime.

The current regime has focused on the more visible airport facilities to placate both International requirements and increasing volume of tourists. Yet the airport remains dangerously over capacity on flights with only two runways.

So while it's great that the government has finally approved a third runway, it was pass due for years.

 

[Kasane]

I guess the tourists are not going to stay away. 

[ianezy0]

good news.

A sure signal of the rise in tourism for Thailand.

[Srikcir]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

The third runway will provide a low rate of return and it will be 20 years before it breaks even.

That may be a very narrow and understated analysis.

 

That low rate of return needs to be compared to higher revenues if the third runway supports a higher number of daily flights and it will contribute indirectly to the Services Sector (specifically tourism) with a higher GDP rate.

 

It should also consider the cost from negative consequences from not building the runway:

 

Failure to add another runway may not only cause loss of airport flight revenues with the shutdown of a second and only runway that would limit GDP rate but also potentially cause shutdown of the entire airport should a crash or International Aviation ban be imposed on the airport deemed dangerous due to overcapacity runways.

[Ulic]

Soon to be lots of snouts at a new feed trough. 

[jaltsc]

"A PROPOSED third runway..."

Maybe a highway should be added to handle all the new bus traffic that will be created, as a result of not having enough gates available to enable incoming and outgoing planes to taxi up to those terminals. Planning is not a strong suit here.

Edited April 18, 2019 by jaltsc

[CGW]

8 hours ago, jerojero said:

Mayby they should slide a few billion over to the terminal and fix the crappy air con in most areas. Pathetic compared to most major airports such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Isn't it just! the only place it works well is in the "duty free" shopping areas - wonder why that is?