Suvarnabhumi Airport

ICAO VTBS13.6811°N 100.7470°E2 m / 5 ftLarge airport

Suvarnabhumi Airport (IATA: BKK, ICAO: VTBS) is a large airport in Bangkok, Bangkok (special administrative area), Thailand. It opened on 28 Sep 2006. It has 3 runways; the longest is 4,000 m (13,123 ft). It is operated by Airports of Thailand. In 2024 it handled 62.2 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 2006–2024

28 SEP 2006

OpenedSuvarnabhumi Airport opens.

21 MAY 2024

DisasterSingapore Airlines Flight 321.1 killed

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

01/19014° / 194° · LIT

LENGTH4,000 m13,123 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

02L/20R014° / 194° · LIT

LENGTH4,000 m13,123 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

02R/20L014° / 194° · LIT

LENGTH3,700 m12,139 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2024

51.4M

46.4M

52.9M

55.9M

60.9M

63.4M

65.4M

16.7M

5.7M

28.8M

51.7M

62.2M

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Routes

151 destinations · 59 countries

Year-round147

Seasonal9

SZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Maldivian1,700 km1,056 mi VVOVladivostok International AirportRussia · S7 Airlines4,457 km2,769 mi OVBNovosibirsk Tolmachevo AirportRussia · S7 Airlines4,857 km3,018 mi ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Norse Atlantic Airways8,296 km5,155 mi CPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Scandinavian Airlines8,637 km5,367 mi OSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Norse Atlantic Airways8,671 km5,388 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Norse Atlantic Airways9,570 km5,947 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Norse Atlantic Airways9,631 km5,984 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Evelop Airlines10,193 km6,334 mi

Charter1

PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Neos8,597 km5,342 mi

Seasonal charter2

DPSDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International AirportIndonesia · Condor Flugdienst2,959 km1,839 mi KTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines8,252 km5,128 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BKK. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Suvarnabhumi Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

123 airlines · destinations from BKK

Hub airlines9

TGThai Airways61 VZThai Vietjet Air25 3DAir People International HBAsia Atlantic Airlines 8BBusiness Air YLCrystal Thai Airlines JFJet Asia Airways 8KK-Mile Air WEThai Smile

Passenger114

FDThai AirAsia11 PGBangkok Airways10 9CSpring Airlines10 MUChina Eastern Airlines9 6EIndiGo9 SUAeroflot8 CAAir China5 IXAir India Express4 EKEmirates4 BREVA Air4 N0Norse Atlantic Airwaysseasonal · 4 CZChina Southern Airlines3 DECondor Flugdienst3 HUHainan Airlines3 JLJapan Airlines3 JQJetstar Airways3 S7S7 Airlines3 VNVietnam Airlines3 AQ9 Air2 AIAir India2 SBAircalin2 NHAll Nippon Airways2 JDBeijing Capital Airlines2 B3Bhutan Airlines2 5JCebu Pacific2 CIChina Airlines2 KBDrukair2 AYFinnair2 7CJeju Air2 LJJin Air2 KQKenya Airways2 QVLao Airlines2 GJLoong Air2 LOLOT Polish Airlines2 Q2Maldivian2 RJRoyal Jordanian2 SVSaudia2 SCShandong Airlines2 FMShanghai Airlines2 ZHShenzhen Airlines2 3USichuan Airlines2 SGSpiceJet2 TWTrinity Airways2 TKTurkish Airlines2 UAUnited Airlines2 VJVietJet Air2 —Vietravel Airlines2 MFXiamen Airlines2 G9Air Arabia1 KCAir Astana1 UUAir Austral1 BXAir Busan1 K6Air Cambodia1 ACAir Canada1 AFAir France1 YPAir Premia1 A6Air Travel1 IZArkia1 OZAsiana Airlines1 OSAustrian Airlines1 B2Belavia1 BGBiman Bangladesh Airlines1 BABritish Airways1 KRCambodia Airways1 CXCathay Pacific1 C6Centrum Air1 EUChengdu Airlines1 OQChongqing Airlines1 ZEEastar Jet1 LYEL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.1 ETEthiopian Airlines1 EYEtihad Airways1 E9Evelop Airlinesseasonal · 1 GAGaruda Indonesia1 —Greater Bay Airlines1 GFGulf Air1 GXGX Airlines1 UOHK Express1 HXHong Kong Airlines1 AZITA Airways1 HOJuneyao Air1 KLKLM1 KEKorean Air1 KUKuwait Airways1 LHLufthansa1 W5Mahan Air1 MHMalaysia Airlines1 OMMIAT Mongolian Airlines1 UBMyanmar National Airlines1 NONeoscharter · 1 RANepal Airlines1 WYOman Air1 MMPeach1 PRPhilippine Airlines1 QFQantas Airways1 QRQatar Airways1 QWQingdao Airlines1 RXRiyadh Air1 BIRoyal Brunei Airlines1 DRRuili Airlines1 OVSalamAir1 SKScandinavian Airlinesseasonal · 1 DVSCAT Airlines1 TZScoot1 SQSingapore Airlines1 ZASky Angkor Airlines1 ULSriLankan Airlines1 JXStarlux Airlines1 M8TransNusa Air Services1 T5Turkmenistan Airlines1 UQUrumqi Air1 BSUS-Bangla Airlines1 HYUzbekistan Airways1 ZGZIPAIR Tokyo1

Former hub of Happy Air, P.C. Air, PBair, SkyStar Airways, Sunny Airways, Thai Regional Airlines and U Airlines.

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from BKK. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers62.2M (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#20of 3,974 · #7 Asia · #1 TH Longest runway4,000 m13,123 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=111of 29,858 · =22 Asia · #1 TH Elevation2 m5 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=43,055of 43,403 · =3,196 Asia · #82 TH AgeOpened 20062026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=12,210of 15,079 · =611 Asia · #38 TH Runways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,978 · =10 Asia · =1 TH

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels

ATIS127.800

TOWER (01R/19L)118.200

TOWER (01L/19R)119.000

GROUND (EAST)121.650

GROUND (MAIN)121.750

GROUND (WEST)121.950