Hotels near Suvarnabhumi Airport - Travel Guide

Suvarnabhumi Airport Accomodation in Bangkok

The name Suvarnabhumi was chosen by HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand and means "The Golden Land", specifically referring to continental Indochina, a traditional name for the Thailand-Cambodia-Laos-Burma region. Suvarnabhumi is difficult for Foreigners to Thailand to speak, until we know it is pronounced "su-wan-na-poom".

Suvarnabhumi Airport inherited its IATA Airport Code BKK from Bangkok Don Muang International Airport and is now responsible for all International flights in Bangkok and many Domestic flights. The Airports operates 24 hours on a massive scale with 202 Passport Control checkpoints, 34 Customs checkpoints, 460 Check-in counters, 107 Moving Walkways, 102 Elevators and 83 Escalators.

Suvarnabhumi has two parallel Runways and Taxiways to accommodate simultaneous departures and arrivals. 120 Parking Bays accommodate the Aircraft, five of which can handle the massive Airbus A380 Aircraft. Initially capable of handling 45 million passengers and three million Tonnes of Cargo each year, future plans are now commencing, which will increase to four Runways and Taxiways, handling up to 100 million passengers.

The Airport is located at Racha Thewa in Samut Prakan Province, thirty kilometres East of Bangkok City. Special Expressway Road systems have been built to feed traffic to the area and a four lane link Road brings traffic direct to the Terminals. The Skytrain (BTS) service which covers central Bangkok, will soon link directly into the Underground Rail link Station in front of the Passenger Terminals, providing rapid and cheap transit to the City.

Since the Airport is relatively new and away from Bangkok City, Airport Hotel choice is more limited than in established City Airports. For the best information on current availability, please consult our recommendations below.
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