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Tuesday, September, 07, 2010 
AIR TRANSPORT INFORMATION DIVISION CORPORATE STRATEGY DEPARTMENT
Tel: (66) 0-2535-1373 Fax: (66) 0-2977-8332
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Information provided by Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited as a public service to visitors and business people traveling to Thailand
AIR TRANSPORT STATISTICS
DON MUEANG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Air Transport Statistics 2007 Don Mueang International Airport
DON MUEANG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Don Mueang International Airport, formerly known as Bangkok International Airport, was once functioning as the countrys primary commercial airport. It played an important role in establishing the air transport network connecting Bangkok to a number of cities in various regions, around the globe. Moreover, the airport had performed this dominant role for more than 9 decades before it officially handed over its primary role of air transport network to Suvarnabhumi Airport on 28 September 2006.
However, the then Government passed its resolution on the use of Don
Mueang International Airport as the Bangkoks 2nd international airport, which
resulted in reopening Don Mueang International Airport on 25 March 2006. In the initial phase, the airport served some of the domestic flights which were voluntarily transferred back from Suvarnabhumi Airport. At present, the airport is serving different kinds of flights such as domestic scheduled flights, non-scheduled flights, chartered flights, technical flights and general aviation.
Compared with the number of the 2006 based air traffic statistics, the
number of aircraft, passenger and freight movements was reduced by 75.93 percent,
84.73 percent and 97.40 percent, respectively. The details of the 2007 air traffic statistics on air traffic are presented in the following.
1. Aircraft Movement
The total commercial aircraft movements of the year 2007 were 51,116
movements which were reduced by 75.93 percent as against those of the 2006.
The total number of 51,116 movements could be separated into 1,713 non-scheduled international movements, which were reduced by 98.73 percent, and 49,403 domestic movements, which were reduced by 36.08 percent.
In terms of the number of domestic scheduled airlines, they consisted of
three airlines: Thai Airways International, Nok Air, and One-Two-Go. All of these
airlines shared the percentage of the total flight movements in descending order as
follows:
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Thai Airways International by 28.54 percent |
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Nok Air by 25.85 percent |
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One-Two-Go by 17.20 percent |
The types of aircraft landing and taking off at Don Mueang International
Airport mostly were narrow-bodied types such as A-319, A-320, AN-12, AN-26,
BAE-146, B-707, B-717, B-727, B-737, B-757, DC-8, IL-62, TU-154, ATR-72, E-
145, MA-60, MC-90 and MD-82. These narrow-bodied aircraft types amounted to
58.10 percent of the total aircraft movements. Then came the wide-bodied types
which namely were A-300, A-310, A-330, A-340, B-747, B-744, B-767, B-777, IL-
76, IL-96, L-1011, MD-11 and DC-10. All of these wide-bodied types were equal to
14.13 percent of the total aircraft movements whereas the other small aircraft types collectively represented the rest of 27.77 percent.
The movements of commercial aircrafts landings and take-offs in the first peak hour amounted to 23 flights, which were lower than those of the year 2006 by 36 flights, whereas the movements of commercial aircrafts landings and take-offs in the thirtieth peak hour constituted 19 flights, which were lower than those of the year 2006 by 35 flights.
2. Passenger Movement
The total number of passengers was 4,805,240 passengers divided into 18,320 international and 4,786,920 domestic passengers. Compared with those of the year 2006, it was found that the total number of passengers, including international and domestic passengers, was decreased by 84.73 percent, 99.92 percent and 42.35 percent, respectively.
Passengers from Don Mueang International Airport could travel to 115
cities in 43 countries and also journeyed from the airport to 37 provinces of the
country. Most of the passengers were carried by Thai Airways International with
46.39 percent of the total passenger numbers and Nok Air with 33.26 percent.
In terms of regions international passengers frequently traveled to and
from the airport, the East Asia and Pacific region was ranked first by 62.21 percent of
the total international passenger numbers. The Southeast Asia region came second by
28.66 percent, whereas the other regions combined were the rest of 9.13 percent.
For the domestic routes of the country, the routes between Don Mueang and Chiang Mai held 20.21 percent of the total inbound and outbound domestic passenger numbers, whereas the routes between Don Mueang and Phuket were ranked second by 19.00 percent.
Passenger Movements during the First Peak Hour in 2007
The total number of international passengers was 410.
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341 arriving passengers. |
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250 departing passengers. |
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410 transit passengers. |
The total number of domestic passengers was 2,530.
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1,589 arriving passengers. |
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1,738 departing passengers. |
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364 transit passengers. |
Passenger Movements during the Thirtieth Peak Hour in 2007
The total number of international passengers was 169.
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140 arriving passengers. |
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157 departing passengers. |
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2 transit passengers |
The total number of domestic passengers was 1,974.
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1,173 arriving passengers. |
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1,454 departing passengers. |
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No transit passengers during the 30th peak hour. |
3. Freight Movement
The total number of inbound and outbound freight, which was exclusive of transit freight, was 22,753 tons which were divided into 472-ton international freight and 22,281-ton domestic freight. All of these freight numbers were carried by passenger aircraft, and as against those of the year 2006, the total number of freight, including international and domestic numbers was decreased by 97.40 percent, 99.94 percent and 49.09 percent, respectively.
The transport of freight was divided into international and domestic freight transport. By 2007, the international freight transport mostly was the inbound transport of heavy machines used for the oil rig. The domestic freight transport was separated into the outbound transport of documents, printed materials and electronic equipment and the inbound transport of agricultural products
4. Mail Movement
In 2007, a handful of separate mail were jointly transported with freight by each flight of the operations.
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