Specifications
Costing an estimated ฿155 billion (US$ 5 billion), the airport has two parallel runways (60 m wide, 4,000 m and 3,700 m long) and two parallel taxiways to accommodate simultaneous departures and arrivals. It has a total of 120 parking bays (51 with contact gates and 69 remote gates), with five of these capable of accommodating the Airbus A380. The main passenger terminal building, with a capacity of handling 76 flight operations per hour, co-locates the international and domestic terminals, though assigning them to different parts of the concourse. In the initial phase of construction, it will be capable of handling 45 million passengers and 3 million tonnes of cargo per year. Above the underground rail link station and in front of the passenger terminal building is a 600-room hotel operated by Accor Group under the Novotel brand. Between the airport hotel and the terminal building are the two 5-storey car parks with a combined capacity of 5,000 cars.
Long-term plans include five runways flanking two main terminals, two satellite buildings and a domestic terminal will have a combined capacity capable of handling more than 150 million passengers and 6.4 million tonnes of cargo a year were settled clearly on the drawing board. The second phase of airport expansion which involving the construction of a satellite building south of the main terminal and a domestic terminal is expected to begin construction early 2012.
The airport's passenger terminal is the world's largest passenger terminal ever constructed in one phase at 750,000 square metres (8,100,000 sq ft), and is also currently the fourth biggest passenger terminal building in the world, after the Hong Kong International Airport (846,000 square metres / 9,110,000 square feet), Beijing Capital International Airport (1,200,000 square metres / 13,000,000 square feet), with the largest passenger terminal being at Dubai International Airport (Terminal 3 is over 1,980,000 square metres / 21,300,000 square feet). The airport air-traffic control tower is the tallest in world history at 132.2 metres (434 ft).
Suvarnabhumi Airport has 72 air bridges and 69 non air bridges. Additionally, flights are also able to park at remote locations on the ramp, from which airport buses transport passengers to and from the terminal. Suvarnabhumi Airport has 18 air bridges and 6 non air bridges for Airbus 380–800
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