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1. Name : Aisha Najafli
Teacher : Abbasova Naila
Group : 2141i
Subject : Aviation English

2. International Don Mueang Airport
• The airport is considered to be one of the world's oldest international airports and
Asia's oldest operating airport. It was officially opened as a Royal Thai Air Force
base on 27 March 1914, although it had been in use earlier.

3. Don Mueang
International Airport is
one of two
international airports
serving Bangkok.
Previously known as
the Bangkok
International Airport,
this airport is situated
between two golf
courses, making it yet
another dangerous
airport.

4. Don Mueang International Airport has three
terminals. Terminal 1 is used for international
flights and Terminal 2 for domestic flights. The
opening of Terminal 2 has raised the airport's
capacity to 30 million passengers per year.
Terminal 3, the old domestic terminal, has been
abandoned since 2011. In a third phase of airport
expansion, a new Terminal 3 is in the planning
stages as of 2019, with construction projected to
begin sometime between 2020–2025. The new
terminal will have a capacity of 18 million
passengers yearly.
Terminal

5. Runway
There are two runways – 21 R/03L and 21 L/03R – with a golf
course between them owned by RTAF. Golfers are warned by a
red light whenever a plane lands.
Runway 21 R/03L is 3,700m long and 60m wide. Runway 21
L/03R is 3,500m long and 45m wide. Runways are made of
asphalt concrete and can operate 60 flights an hour.

6. Don Mueang has 23 taxiways
and 95 aircraft parking stands.
There are 25 parking stands
with contact gates at the
international passenger
terminal and eight parking
stands with contact gates at
the domestic passenger
terminal.
Taxiway and
Aircraft parkings