Utapao Rayong-Pattaya International Airport and Eastern Aerotropolis
The first phase of Utapao Rayong-Pattaya international airport and Eastern Aerotropolis project, which will be a major gateway to Thailand, will start to construct in 2025, and will open in 2029.
At present, the preparation of the construction site is underway. This involves moving old MRO building and planes, and building airport infrastructure. In the first phase, the new terminal or Terminal 3, and the second runway will begin the construction in 2025, and will be completed in 2029.
The airport’s development is divided into six phases:
• 1st Phase : build the new main terminal with passenger handling capacity of 5-6 million passengers per year, the 2nd runway, and the airport city
• 2nd Phase expand the main terminal to 157,000 sq.m., 12 – 15.9 million passengers per year
• 3rd & 4th Phases : expand the main terminal to 264,000 sq.m., 22.4 – 30 million passengers per year
• 5th Phase: expand the main terminal to 371,000 sq.m., 45 million passengers per year in 2047
• 6th Phase: build the new midfield terminal, 82,000 sq.m., 60 million passengers per year in 2060
Utapao Rayong-Pattaya international airport is the third main commercial international airport in Thailand and will be linked with Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi by a high-speed train. Construction of the train line will begin on 2025 and it will open in 2029.
