Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) Terminal Map
Main Terminal / Concourses at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi BKK Airport
Suvarnabhumi Airport: Transfer Information for onward Domestic & International Flights; Passenger Terminal Complex details; Services & Amenities:
Departing International Passengers: With a new international checkpoints recently installed, passengers need, after check-in procedures, go up to the Mezzanine level, passing body scanning & thereafter passport check, prior to boarding. With both checkpoints are in service, 7200 passengers can be processed an hour.
Transfer Passengers to domestic or international flights: If your time allows, you can avail yourself of the Day Room, Spa & Massage, Barber Salon, Area Tour or shops & restaurants in the terminal. Note that all Star Alliance airlines and Bangkok Airways PB Air are located on the east side concourses, while all other airlines are located on the west side concourses:
1. Transferring from an International to a Domestic flight: (if you have no boarding pass, go after disembarkation, to Level 2's and to theTransfer Checkin Counter):
(a) If you need to connect to either Chiangrai, Chiangmai, Phuket, Hatyai, Samui or Krabi - you need to go through Passport Check at Immigration Counter in the concourse C area of Level 2, go through Customs Check, pass through Xray- machine, and wait for boarding in holdrooms of concourses A. If you have a boarding pass, skip the Transfer Checkin Counter.
(b) If you need to connect to other provinces or you need to unload your luggage in Bangkok, go to the passport control on Level 2 Concourse area D, then pick up your baggage at the baggage claim, go to Level 4 (Domestic) ticket checkin, then pass through X-Ray machine & proceed to boarding hold rooms in Concourse A.
2. Transferring from an International to another International flight: After disembarkation, go to Level 2 and (to the Transfer Checkin Counter if you have no boarding pass); go through security checkpoint on either levels 2 or 3, and proceed to the hold rooms in Concourses D, D, E, F or G.
3. To obtain a Visa, Level 2 has two 'Visa On Arrival' areas in the International concourse level.
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport has presently only one large main terminal, flanked by concourses A through G (A gates now occupy Concourse B gates), which surround the main terminal and its parking Garage in the shape of an H. It houses 2 basement levels & 7 above-ground levels. Each of levels 1 to 4 has access to the seven four-level Concourse Buildings A through G. (Note that a new domestic passenger terminal with access roads and carpark is to be completed by 2016).
The present terminal includes 130 passport control checkpoints; 26 customs-control checkpoints for arrivals, 8 for departures; 22 baggage conveyor belts; 360 check-in counters (with 100 additional counters for passengers without luggage); 51 airbridges, 107 moving walkways; 102 elevators, and 83 escalators.
The main terminal and its levels - each of its levels 1 through 4 has access to Concourse buildings A - H.
The basement levels house the Airport Express Station, Airport Express platform and luggage conveyor transport systems, currency echange; trains to City (blue local, red express) .
Level 1 offers bus, van & taxi service;
Level 2 is for Domestic & International Arrivals - on opposite sides, with Federal inspecton & customs clearance, health inspection, VISA counter, baggage claim belts 1-23, information counters, currency exchanges, ;
Level 3 houses lounges, CIP rooms; prayer roms, currency exchange and other services.
Level 4 is for Domestic & International Departures and houses Thai Airways premium passenger service, airline check-in counters A - W, information counters, a host of services, & access to Concourses A - G after security check.
Mezzanine Level - reached after check-in - houses international checkpoints.
Level 5 houses Thai Airways and Star Alliance offices; Level 6 houses the Airport’s One-Stop Service Center; and level 7 has an observation deck.
The Concourses: Buildings A through G form an "H" - with D in the center, C, & A to the left, and E, F & G to the right - all have access to the Main Termninal. Both international and domestic flights share the same terminal, but are assigned different parts of the concourse:
Concourses A & C serves domestic passengers;
Concourses D, E, F & G serve international passengers
Services and Amenities inside the terminal complex include countless concessions for food & drink, retail and duty-free stores; information counters; free and paid WiFi access; business, banking & postal facilities; Airline & CIP lounges; spas, hair salons, tourist services, smoking rooms, Muslim Prayer rooms & hajj facilities, left baggage, and first aid clinic & stations.
Airline & CIP Lounges:
1. Thai Airways Lounges are located near Gates A1-A6 on level 2; and near C-1-C10, B1-B6, D1-D8, and E1-E10 on level 3.
2. Emirates Lounges (and for a few other airlines) are located near gates F1-F6 and G1-G5. (
3. Five CIP Rooms (tel. (66)0- 2134-6284 /fax 6285) are on level 3, at international pre-security area. Information counters can be found in these areas: (i) in the passenger terminal, at Departure Hall, level 4 near gates 3 and 5-6; in the Arrival Hall on level 2 at gates 3-4 and 7-8. (ii) in the concourse buildings: Between Concourse A & B, level 2, at Arrivals passenger hold rooms, and at the transfer counter on the eastside; between Concourses E, F & G, on level 2 in the Arrival passenger hold room; and on Concourse D on level 2 of the Arrival passenger hold room, and level 4 of the Departure passenger hold room, on both east & west sides.
Departing International Passengers: With a new international checkpoints recently installed, passengers need, after check-in procedures, go up to the Mezzanine level, passing body scanning & thereafter passport check, prior to boarding. With both checkpoints are in service, 7200 passengers can be processed an hour.
Transfer Passengers to domestic or international flights: If your time allows, you can avail yourself of the Day Room, Spa & Massage, Barber Salon, Area Tour or shops & restaurants in the terminal. Note that all Star Alliance airlines and Bangkok Airways PB Air are located on the east side concourses, while all other airlines are located on the west side concourses:
1. Transferring from an International to a Domestic flight: (if you have no boarding pass, go after disembarkation, to Level 2's and to theTransfer Checkin Counter):
(a) If you need to connect to either Chiangrai, Chiangmai, Phuket, Hatyai, Samui or Krabi - you need to go through Passport Check at Immigration Counter in the concourse C area of Level 2, go through Customs Check, pass through Xray- machine, and wait for boarding in holdrooms of concourses A. If you have a boarding pass, skip the Transfer Checkin Counter.
(b) If you need to connect to other provinces or you need to unload your luggage in Bangkok, go to the passport control on Level 2 Concourse area D, then pick up your baggage at the baggage claim, go to Level 4 (Domestic) ticket checkin, then pass through X-Ray machine & proceed to boarding hold rooms in Concourse A.
2. Transferring from an International to another International flight: After disembarkation, go to Level 2 and (to the Transfer Checkin Counter if you have no boarding pass); go through security checkpoint on either levels 2 or 3, and proceed to the hold rooms in Concourses D, D, E, F or G.
3. To obtain a Visa, Level 2 has two 'Visa On Arrival' areas in the International concourse level.
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport has presently only one large main terminal, flanked by concourses A through G (A gates now occupy Concourse B gates), which surround the main terminal and its parking Garage in the shape of an H. It houses 2 basement levels & 7 above-ground levels. Each of levels 1 to 4 has access to the seven four-level Concourse Buildings A through G. (Note that a new domestic passenger terminal with access roads and carpark is to be completed by 2016).
The present terminal includes 130 passport control checkpoints; 26 customs-control checkpoints for arrivals, 8 for departures; 22 baggage conveyor belts; 360 check-in counters (with 100 additional counters for passengers without luggage); 51 airbridges, 107 moving walkways; 102 elevators, and 83 escalators.
The main terminal and its levels - each of its levels 1 through 4 has access to Concourse buildings A - H.
The basement levels house the Airport Express Station, Airport Express platform and luggage conveyor transport systems, currency echange; trains to City (blue local, red express) .
Level 1 offers bus, van & taxi service;
Level 2 is for Domestic & International Arrivals - on opposite sides, with Federal inspecton & customs clearance, health inspection, VISA counter, baggage claim belts 1-23, information counters, currency exchanges, ;
Level 3 houses lounges, CIP rooms; prayer roms, currency exchange and other services.
Level 4 is for Domestic & International Departures and houses Thai Airways premium passenger service, airline check-in counters A - W, information counters, a host of services, & access to Concourses A - G after security check.
Mezzanine Level - reached after check-in - houses international checkpoints.
Level 5 houses Thai Airways and Star Alliance offices; Level 6 houses the Airport’s One-Stop Service Center; and level 7 has an observation deck.
The Concourses: Buildings A through G form an "H" - with D in the center, C, & A to the left, and E, F & G to the right - all have access to the Main Termninal. Both international and domestic flights share the same terminal, but are assigned different parts of the concourse:
Concourses A & C serves domestic passengers;
Concourses D, E, F & G serve international passengers
Services and Amenities inside the terminal complex include countless concessions for food & drink, retail and duty-free stores; information counters; free and paid WiFi access; business, banking & postal facilities; Airline & CIP lounges; spas, hair salons, tourist services, smoking rooms, Muslim Prayer rooms & hajj facilities, left baggage, and first aid clinic & stations.
Airline & CIP Lounges:
1. Thai Airways Lounges are located near Gates A1-A6 on level 2; and near C-1-C10, B1-B6, D1-D8, and E1-E10 on level 3.
2. Emirates Lounges (and for a few other airlines) are located near gates F1-F6 and G1-G5. (
3. Five CIP Rooms (tel. (66)0- 2134-6284 /fax 6285) are on level 3, at international pre-security area. Information counters can be found in these areas: (i) in the passenger terminal, at Departure Hall, level 4 near gates 3 and 5-6; in the Arrival Hall on level 2 at gates 3-4 and 7-8. (ii) in the concourse buildings: Between Concourse A & B, level 2, at Arrivals passenger hold rooms, and at the transfer counter on the eastside; between Concourses E, F & G, on level 2 in the Arrival passenger hold room; and on Concourse D on level 2 of the Arrival passenger hold room, and level 4 of the Departure passenger hold room, on both east & west sides.
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