Meeting arriving passengers at DM

[DipStick]

Can anyone kindly update me on procedures for meeting an international arrival at DM.

Just to put the records straight, I first landed there from HK in 1978. In 2002 I was transferred to BKK and continued to use DM until Swampy opened its doors.

I do realise that DM was closed for a considerable period, and prior to reopening I would imagine that a lot of work was done to the airport to bring it up,to date.

My wife is arriving there on Tuesday, so if anyone can Tell me where I can park my car, which terminal is international and any other tips, I would be very thankful.

Many thanks

[brewsterbudgen]

There are 3 car parks, although they fill up quickly. I parked in car park 3 last week and it was a 1km walk to the terminal. It only cost 40 baht for 2 hours though. The terminals are just labelled 'domestic' and 'international' and they're attached to each other.

[KhunBENQ]

Everything quite small and close compared to Suv.

[pontious]

Parking at DM is a nightmare - if your wife has a usable phone on arrival, I would wait nearby somewhere until she phones to say she is nearly through to the main exit and then go and pick her up. Good luck.

[DipStick]

Thanks for all of your comments, very helpful and certainly confirms my worries. So next question, is it relatively easy to get a taxi out of DM ?

[pontious]

Thanks for all of your comments, very helpful and certainly confirms my worries. So next question, is it relatively easy to get a taxi out of DM ?

There are taxis available near the main exit but there is always big lines of pax waiting. As you have not been there for a considerable time, if you do decide to drive, be advised all the ''Blue'' airport signs point to the new airport, the first time I saw a sign saying ''Don Mueang'' was when I got within a kilometer from it. Without the car GPS I would have failed.

[asanee]

As situation has changed a few times since they started re-using the old t2, I do not know current details. Terminal may depend on airline used.

As for taxi: as above-the taxi Q at booth is mostly horrible and can take up to 1 hr.

BUT its daft-Thai easy to get a taximeter, even without the 50 bt airport fee, at the BUSstop-in fact they are likely already waiting for you and not reverse. That of course for going Into town=southbound. BUSstop is north end of T1 and thus quite far from new t2.

[KhunBENQ]

Terminal may depend on airline used.

T2 domestic.

T1 international.

Not dependent.

[brewsterbudgen]

Parking at DM is a nightmare - if your wife has a usable phone on arrival, I would wait nearby somewhere until she phones to say she is nearly through to the main exit and then go and pick her up. Good luck.

I found the car parks easy to find although 1 & 2 were full and 3 was a long walk from both terminals. But very cheap!