Bangkok airport runway gears up for November opening

[snoop1130]

 

Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport is gearing up for a major boost, with a brand-new runway set to open on November 1. The shiny new runway is expected to revolutionise the airport’s flight capacity, helping it soar to new heights.

 

Kirati Kijmanawat, the Director of Airports of Thailand (AOT), confirmed the exciting news, stating that the third runway is now complete.

 

“We’ve conducted successful tests on landings and take-offs.”

 

Kirati added that the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) and Aeronautical Radio of Thailand have given the green light.

 

 

 

 

Located to the west of the airport, this impressive runway is 60 metres wide and stretches 4,000 metres long, running parallel to the first runway. Once the final field lighting is installed and systems are fine-tuned, the airport will be able to handle up to 94 flights per hour—up from the current 68 flights.

 

However, it won’t be an immediate leap to full capacity. The airport plans to gradually increase operations, hitting 75 flights per hour next year, 85 flights in 2026, and a target of 94 flights in 2027. This increase in flights is set to significantly boost the airport’s revenue, with projections climbing to a whopping 9.09 billion baht by 2027.

 

But that’s not all—Suvarnabhumi has even bigger plans on the horizon. The AOT is preparing to design a fourth runway on the eastern side of the airport, with construction expected to begin in 2027. Meanwhile, bids for a massive new South Terminal, expected to handle 70 million passengers annually, are set to be launched alongside the runway project, reported The Nation.

 

By Puntid Tantivangphaisal

Photo courtesy of The Nation

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2024-09-26

 

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

However, it won’t be an immediate leap to full capacity. The airport plans to gradually increase operations, hitting 75 flights per hour next year, 85 flights in 2026, and a target of 94 flights in 2027. This increase in flights is set to significantly boost the airport’s revenue, with projections climbing to a whopping 9.09 billion baht by 2027.

I do hope the surrounding infrastructure and transport options are also keeping up.

Nothing worse than departing/or arriving at a first class airport only to sit in a traffic nightmare outside.

[Deserted]

The airport isn't that old. Could they not have made better predictions concerning its capacity back then? In my opinion this new runway should have been there from the start since the country is always geared towards tourism.

[Robin]

Will the Immigration and other ground facilities be able to cope? 

Not likely on the current showing

[john donson]

holy crap, they start flying the new route since 2 days and instead of following the busy rom klao road, now are flying over condo building... if only I would have known... a plane fly over on low altitude every other minute... 

[digbeth]

On 9/27/2024 at 4:25 PM, Deserted said:

The airport isn't that old. Could they not have made better predictions concerning its capacity back then? In my opinion this new runway should have been there from the start since the country is always geared towards tourism.

 

there are plans for expansion with whole other duplicate 'south terminal' and satellite terminals, one of which was only just needed now, why should they build everything out decades ago? 

[tjintx]

On 9/26/2024 at 6:12 AM, snoop1130 said:

 

Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport is gearing up for a major boost, with a brand-new runway set to open on November 1. The shiny new runway is expected to revolutionise the airport’s flight capacity, helping it soar to new heights.

 

 

 

 

 

The runway is shiny????  Won't that confuse the pilots who are landing?