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27 April 1980 – Thai Airways Flight 231, a BAe 748 (registered HS-THB) which was en route from Khon Kaen to Bangkok, lost altitude during a thunderstorm and crashed about 13 kilometres from Bangkok International Airport. All four crew members and 40 of the 49 passengers were killed.
This is a list of the busiest airports in south-east Asia, by annual total passengers, ranked and itemised by its total passengers per year, which includes arrival, departure, and transit passengers. Note that airports in Laos , Timor Leste , Cambodia , Myanmar , and Brunei Darussalam are not listed here; due to either the lack of statistics ...
Suvarnabhumi International Airport (IATA: BKK, ICAO: VTBS) [4] [5] is the main international airport serving Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. [6] [7] Located mostly in Racha Thewa subdistrict, Bang Phli district, Samut Prakan province, it covers an area of 3,240 ha (32.4 km 2; 8,000 acres), making it one of the biggest international airports in Southeast Asia and a regional hub for aviation.
Only 17 DOA airports turned a profit between 2009 and 2016 while the total number of passengers jumped 25 percent. In 2018, DOA's revenues from its 28 airports was 853 million baht. Krabi airport alone contributed 469 million baht. [5] Udon Thani is also in the black, with profits reaching 100 million baht a year. [6]
Airports that have been owned by, operated by, or otherwise affiliated with a university or a college. Pages in category "University and college airports" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Bangkok was ranked 11 of 100 cities for "peak hours spent in congestion", 64 hours. [245] [246] Based on 2015 data, Dutch navigation and digital mapping company, TomTom NV, ranked Bangkok number two in a listing of the 174 most traffic congested cities worldwide (1=most congested; 174=least congested). Mexico City ranked number one.
The university and airport authority believe the name change will also better reflect the airport’s service area, the investment in the economic development of the county and the available ...
U-Tapao International Airport. The Eastern Economic Corridor is served by U-Tapao International Airport, one of three main commercial airports in the country. As Bangkok's two international airports are currently operating beyond capacity, [44] the government intends to transform U-Tapao into a third major destination for airlines. [45]