Suvarnabhumi Airport will officially opened on September 28,2006 . The airport covers an approximate area of 8,000 acres ( 20,000 rais). Located at Km.15 on the east-bound Bangna-Trat Highway in Bang Phli District of Samut Prakarn province, the airport is about 25 kms. (40-60 minutes) from Bangkok 's downtown.

1. From the North : the airport can be reached via the eight-lane Bangkok-Chonburi    elevated expressway linked to the passenger terminal
2. From the Northwest : it is accessible via a six-lane road linking to the Rom Khlao    and King Kaew elevated expressway
3. From the South : it can be reached via a four-lane road connecting with    Bangna_Trat Highway and the Buraphavithi Expressway
4. From the Northeast : the airport is accessible via a four-lane road that connects with    On-Nut Road
5. From the West : it can be reached via a four-lane road connecting with King Kaew    Road (new route) to the passenger terminal

In the future, a city link between Phayathai-Makkasan-Suvarnabhumi Airport ( an underground railway station underneath the passenger terminal ) will be provided by the State Railway of Thailand.

The PTC has 10 entrance gates accessed by 2 roads which are Inner Curb and Outer Curb. It is combined with the connected 7 concourses, annotated A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Concourses A, B are for domestic flights and the others are for international flights. Passengers service for Domestic and International passengers are handled under the same roof.
The Passenger Terminal Complex comprises of

1st Floor Bus Lobby
2nd Floor Arrivals, Transfer Service Counter, Baggage Claim, Immigration, Customs, Counters for Transportation and Accommodation
3rd Floor Meeting and Greeting Gallery, Parking Building Access
4th Floor Departures, Customer Service Center , Ticketing Offices, Immigration, Customs
5th Floor THAI and Star Alliance Offices
6th Floor Restaurants
7th Floor Observation Deck