page_title: Transport in Thailand
section_title: Airports
hierarchical_section_title: Transport in Thailand / Air transport / Airports
caption_attribution_description: English: Thai Airways Boeing 747-400 (HS-TGJ) taking off from London Heathrow Airport, England.
context_page_description: Transport in Thailand is varied, with no one dominant means of transport. For long distance travel, bus transport dominates. Low-speed rail travel has long been a rural long-distance transport mechanism, though plans are underway to expand services with high-speed rail lines extending to several major regions of Thailand. Road transportation is the primary form of freight transport across the country.
  For short trips motorbikes are common. There are public motorcycle taxis in Bangkok, Pattaya, and other large cities. An overwhelming number of taxis can also be found in Bangkok. Since the country's first rapid rail transit line opened in 1999 in Bangkok, daily ridership on Bangkok's various transit lines has risen to over 800,000, with multiple additional lines either under construction or being proposed.
  Private automobiles, whose rapid growth contributed to Bangkok's notorious traffic congestion over the past two decades, have risen in popularity, especially among tourists, expats, the upper class, and the growing middle class. A motorway network across Thailand has been gradually implemented, with motorways completed in Bangkok and most of central Thailand.
context_section_description: As of 2012, Thailand had 103 airports with 63 paved runways, in addition to 6 heliports. The busiest airport in the county is Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport. 
  Major international airports
  Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) (New Bangkok International Airport, a major international hub)
  Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) (Old Bangkok International, now used mostly by low-cost carriers)
  Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)
  Mae Fah Luang International Airport (CEI)
  Hat Yai International Airport (HDY)
  Phuket International Airport (HKT)
  Krabi International Airport (KBV)
  Samui International Airport (USM)
  Surat Thani International Airport (URT)
  Udon Thani International Airport (UTH)
  U-Tapao International Airport (UTP)
caption: A Boeing 747-400 of the national carrier Thai Airways.
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