GETTING Suvarnabhumi airport :
Suvarnabhumi airport is the main international airport for getting in and out of Thailand. When you first get here or plan to come to Thailand, you might wonder how to get into town after your arriving. Let me show you how.
By Taxi
There are two public taxi stands available on 2nd floor which is an arrival floor. They are located at gate no.3 and no.10
So choose the one that nearest to your. Please note that every gate between gate no.3 to no.10 were closed down so you 'll never miss those taxi stands just turn left or right at arrival hall.
Walk outside and queue for public taxi.
State your destination at the counter and they will write it down in Thai in the slip. One part is for taxi driver, other part is for passengers with complaining information. Keep this part with you and don't give it to the driver.
All the taxi here are metered taxi, so insist that the meter must be turned on.
Fare to downtown should be around 300 baht but can be vary up to your destination and traffic condition. Meter start at 40 baht and running up according to distance and time if standstill in the traffic.
Additional airport surcharge 50 baht must be paid on top of taxi fare to taxi driver.
Toll fees also paid by passenger. If you go to downtown you have to pass 2 toll gate. The first toll is 25 baht and the second one is 45 baht or total of 70 baht.
Back to the airport.
The taxi drivers are also queue up for passengers.
Then bring customer to their cab.
Free Bangkok & airport map is available here. Grab one!
By Airport Express BusAnother way to get into town is by Airport Express Bus which have 4 route :
AE1 To Silom
AE2 To Khaosarn Road
AE3 To Sukhumvit
AE4 To Hualamphong railway station
See more detail at
Airport Express website.The popular route is AE2 which directly bring you to Khaosarn Road - the hub of backpackers in Bangkok
To get the bus, go down to ground floor.
Walk to Gate no.8
Buy ticket at this counter outside Gate no.8
Bus fare is 150 baht each and it operates between 5.00-24.00
Bus to Khaosarn Road leave every half an hour.
The bus is clean and very comfortable with luggage rack at the middle of the bus.
Near the Gate no.8 on ground floor, there is a ticket counter for bus from Transport company, the government bus, running to Pattaya
Bus run 4 times a day at the cost of 119 baht.
By Public Bus
This is the cheapest way to get into town. There are several route intend mainly to serve airport workers so they have no luggage rack on the bus but if you travel with a backpack you can take this option as the way of cheap transportation.
The front of the bus has some space for your backpack.
For October 1, 2008 buses won't go to pickup or drop passengers at terminal building anymore. Passengers who need bus services have to goto bus terminal.
To get to and from bus terminal, there is free shuttle bus service running around the clock at the interval of 5 to 20 minutes.
They are 2 types of shuttle buses, express and original buses.
For express buses, it leave bus terminal then run directly to passenger terminal, stop on 4th floor (departure floor), go down to 2nd floor (arrival floor) and then return to bus terminal.
The ordinary buses run to various buildings in airport compound before get to the terminal.
Getting to the bus terminal, you can wait for the shuttle bus at 2nd and 4th floor. The bus stop located between gate 5-6 on both floor. But for arrival floor, the bus stop is on the outer lane.
Buses waiting at the bus terminal.
Some buses running round the clock but leave once an hour during midnight till 5 a.m. The other run from 5 a.m.- 11 p.m. Bus fares may vary between 34-36 baht.
Detail of each bus route can be found at
AOT Site.
Take bus no.556 if you want to go to Khao Sarn area or Southern bus terminal at the cost of 34 baht.
You can see that bus no.556 use different kind of bus with limit space for luggage so take seats on the right near the door then you can get off the bus easier.
If you want to take this bus to Khao Sarn but worry for where would you get off the bus, just take a right-hand seats (of course near the door).
When you see this monument, ring the bell and get off at the next bus stop.
You will be at Rajchadamneon Ave., then walk ahead to the intersection.
Cross the avenue.
Walk into Tanao road just for a few steps.
Entrance to Khao Sarn road will be on your left.
If your accommodation is along the BTS or MRT line, take bus no.551 which end its route at Victory Monument and get BTS at Victory Monument station.
BTS and MRT have several interchange stations so check with map at the station for the nearest one.
By Minivan
Minivans is another options here at bus terminal. They run the same route and carrying same number as the buses but with faster service as they less stop to pickup passenger along the route or use the expressway.
For example, Minivan no.551 run on the expressway all the way to its destination (Victory Monument) so you safe a lot of time at the cost of 40 baht, just a little bit higher than 35 baht for the bus.
Minivans don't provide luggage space. It's a problem if you travelling with a large one but for a backpack you can put it at the space behind the driver's seat.
Fare is 40-70 baht up to the route. Buy ticket at the counter here.
At the bus terminal you can also catch the inter-city bus running to eastern part of Thailand like Chonburi,Rayong, Chantaburi,Trat (Kho Change) etc.
Three routes are originated from this Suvarnabhumi bus terminal.
- Suvarnabhumi-Pattaya 6.40 9.00 13.00 17.00
- Suvarnabhumi-Rong Kluea Market 8.00 14.30
- Suvarnabhumi-Nongkai 21.00
Buses to other destinations are originated from North-Eastern bus terminal (Morchit) or Eastern bus terminal (Ekamai) so you need to buy ticket at least half an hour before departure time so they can inform the bus in time to pick you up.
From : http://visualguidetobangkok.blogspot.com
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Suvarnabhumi airport is the main international airport for getting in and out of Thailand 
