Home › Entities › international_airport › Suvarnabhumi Airport

Suvarnabhumi Airport

international airport in Bangkok, Thailand
Organization international_airport Q194316
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Suvarnabhumi Airport is an international airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of international airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,008 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nong Prue[3]
  • Country: Thailand[4]
  • Instance of: airport[5], commercial traffic aerodrome[6]
  • Owned by: Ministry of Finance[7]
  • Operator: Airports of Thailand[8]
  • Named after: Suvarnabhumi[9]
  • IATA airport code: BKK[10]
  • ICAO airport code: VTBS[11]
  • Commons category: Suvarnabhumi International Airport[12]
  • Scheduled service destination: Vancouver International Airport[13], Tokyo International Airport[14], Narita International Airport[15], Kansai International Airport[16], New Chitose Airport[17], Chubu Centrair International Airport[18]
  • Has part(s): Happy and Healty Bike Lane[19], Suvarnabhumi Airport Automated People Mover[20], Thanon Suvarnabhumi[21]
  • Runway: 01/19[22], 02R/20L[23], 02L/20R[24]
  • Inception: January 1, 2006[25]
  • Coordinate location: 13.681111, 100.747222[26]
  • Official website: https://suvarnabhumi.airportthai.co.th/[27]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Suvarnabhumi International Airport[28]
  • Place served by transport hub: Bangkok[29], Bangkok Metropolitan Region[30], Samut Prakan[31]
  • Commons gallery: Suvarnabhumi International Airport[32]
  • Replaces: Don Mueang International Airport[33]
  • Official name: ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ[34]
  • Date of official opening: September 28, 2006[35]
  • Short name: Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi[36], Bangkok Suvarnabhumi[37], Banguecoque Suvarnabhumi[38]
  • Owner of: Lad Krabang 54 Stadium[39]
  • Elevation above sea level: 5[40]
  • Area: 32.8[41]

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Suvarnabhumi Airport include Nakhon Suvarnabhumi Province[42], a proposed administrative territorial entity[43], in Thailand[44].

Why It Matters

Suvarnabhumi Airport has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 123 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for it include Nakhon Suvarnabhumi Province[42], a proposed administrative territorial entity[43], in Thailand[44].

Related Entities

Bangkok organization Thailand

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Suvarnabhumi Airport. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/suvarnabhumi-airport
MLA “Suvarnabhumi Airport.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/suvarnabhumi-airport.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_suvarnabhumi-airport_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Suvarnabhumi Airport}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/suvarnabhumi-airport}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Suvarnabhumi Airport — https://4ort.xyz/entity/suvarnabhumi-airport (retrieved 2026-10-13)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/suvarnabhumi-airport · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → international airport, airport, commercial traffic aerodrome
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 14w ago · HerryCFPL · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Connects with → Suvarnabhumi Station
    Operator → Airports of Thailand
    Coordinates → —
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Patronage: 62,902,183"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.