Reaching Bangkok: (Part-1), Unit-Six, Lesson-7(B), Class: Eight, English For Today, Hanif Ear Tv

The plane landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 4:55 p.m.The name 'Subornabhumi' is pronounced Asia " Su-wan-na-poom". The name i's derived from Sanskrit, which means golden land. The name was chosen buy King Bhumibol Adulyadie. The airport is located in Dacha Thewa in the Bang Phil district of Samut Prakan province, 30 kilometres east of Bangkok.It’s can handle 76 flight operations per hour. It’s can handle 45 million passengers and 3 million tonnesof cargo per year. The airport passenger terminal i's 563000 square metres that 6060000 square feet. It’s is the fourth biggest passenger terminal building in the world. The airport is going through phase 2. It will raise its capacity to handle 65 million passengers per year. The airport has two 5-storey car park buildings. The buildings can house 5000 cars.