Airport comments for Bangkok (special administrative area), Thailand

re: VTBS

🔗 Wed, 19 Aug 2026
— @BuildmsgHTML at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand

Reply to @jmblanco430: but now it’s not (yeah your comment is from 2009 i know)

VOR/DME closure

🔗 Thu, 02 Oct 2025
— @Bollardant2 at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand

VOR/DME for Suvarnabhumi Intl Airport has closed due to a taxiway expansion. New one is said to be operational by 2028.

Don Mueang Airport Golf Course

🔗 Tue, 04 Aug 2015
— Anonymous Flyer at Don Mueang International Airport, Thailand

It always amazes me that a major airport could possibly have a golf course between the runways!

Where else in the world but for Thailand!!!

VTBS

🔗 Tue, 18 Aug 2009
— @jmblanco430 at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand

THE BIGGEST AND HIGHGEST CONTROL TOWER IN THE WORLD.

History

🔗 Thu, 21 Feb 2008
— @david at Don Mueang International Airport, Thailand

This field opened for military use in 1914, and received its first airline flights in 1924. It was a major US airbase during the Vietnam war, as well as Bangkok's main civilian airport until the new Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) opened in 2006. It's currently a joint-use military civilian airport, hosting the Royal Thai Air Force's 1st Air Division.