Flight Report

ADS-B radar data for Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK/VTBS) was captured on January 9, 2025, the 23rd anniversary of the airport's groundbreaking. The dataset covers a full 24-hour period in the Asia/Bangkok timezone (+07) and recorded 1,062 total movements across 425 unique aircraft, split nearly evenly between 525 arrivals and 536 departures, with one touch-and-go. Traffic ran continuously from midnight through 23:59 local time. The peak hour was 16:00, with 66 flights, and the average across all hours was 44.2 movements per hour. The quietest stretch ran from 03:00 to 06:00, bottoming out at 15 total movements in the 04:00 hour. Approach traffic came predominantly from the NE (82 counts) and ENE (78 counts), with SSW and S directions also well represented at 49 and 47 respectively. Departure headings followed a similar northeast bias, with NE at 88, ENE at 74, and WNW at 65. The top route by total movements was Salavan Airport (VLSV/VNA) with 88 combined flights, followed by Ye Airport (VYYE/XYE) at 58 and Chumphon Airport (VTSE/CJM) at 37. Singapore Changi (WSSS/SIN) appeared in the top ten with 13 total movements, heavily skewed toward departures at 12 versus 1 arrival. The 288,234 ADS-B position points produced an average altitude of 16,541 feet across all tracked segments, with a maximum recorded altitude of 45,525 feet. Altitude data concentrated heavily in the 3,000 to 6,000 foot band, reflecting the volume of approach and departure traffic. The longest tracked flight was a departure to Danilo Atienza Air Base (RPLS/SGL) covering 1,275.6 nautical miles over 184.7 minutes, while the shortest arrival covered just 12.8 nautical miles in 4.4 minutes. Registered aircraft origins spanned 29 countries, led by Thailand (121 aircraft) and China (100 aircraft), with 49 aircraft carrying unresolved country codes.