10 things to know about Suvarnabhumi Airport.

1. Suvarnabhumi Airport boasts the largest single passenger terminal in the world with a total floor area of over 653,000 sq.m.

2. this very distinctive airport id design by Helmut Jahn and Werner Sobeck, the world famous architect and engineer.

3. The interiors of the futuristic buildings are adorned with painting, sculptures.

4. The combined lengths of all concourses are approximately 3 km. bot the clever design allows passengers to walk not longer than 600-700 meters to the gate.

5. In the large area of the 4th floor of the concourse building D consists of a wide variety of shops that passengers can enjoy shopping while waitting for board.

6. During your taking pff or landing dont't forget to look at the gorgeous bird's eye view of the airport.

7. Suvarnabhumi Airport is about 30 km. away from the center of Bangkok, but it is convenient to access via 5 routes.

8. Two parallel runways, 2.2 km. apart from each other allow the planes to use both runways at the same time witchout problem.

9. Since number 9 in thai means progess, meny figurative numbers in the design represent number 9.

10. On febuary 1, 2007, the international departure tax will be raised to 700 baht.