A second runway and an even newer, larger passenger terminal are being mulled by the government as part of plans to create an air hub on the eastern coast, along with Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports, serving Bangkok. This month, the newly created U-tapao Airport Authority (UAA), which was set up to run the airport, will commission a Los Angeles-based airport consultancy to draw up a master plan for the U-tapao development scheme. RAdm Worapol said the appropriate timing for establishing what would be the third passenger terminal building is a tricky one. That means it may take 10 years from now before the new passenger terminal, now 80% complete, would reach its annual capacity of 3 million passengers, he said. The new, second terminal, built next to the current one, is scheduled to be fully operational in August this year, after some delays.

Source: Bangkok Post April 02, 2017 23:26 UTC