Bangkok Airports

The main field before the opening of Don Mueang International Airport was the Sa Pathum airfield. Eight years after the first flight of the Wright Brothers with an engined aircraft, a Belgian pilot, Van den Born flew to Thailand, taking Orville Wright to perform the first flight show from 2 – 8 February 1911 at Sa Pathum Horse Racing Course, now known as the Royal Bangkok Sports Club.

In 1911, Thailand had sent three army officers to France to train as pilots. On completion of their training in 1911, the pilots were authorized to purchase eight aircraft, four Breguets and fourNieuports, which formed the basis of the Royal Thai Air Force. After the termination of Sa Pathum airfield a search for a new location there was and Don Muang became selected at last. Qwing to its elevated landscape, Don Muang was unlikely to be flooded, not too distant from Phra Nakon and it came with a prospect to be extended to a larger airport. The upland was reshaped to enable aircrafts’ takeoff and landing along with a construction of hangars and airline operation offices, as necessary, was seen. On March 8. 1914, airliner from Sa Pathum airfield landing Don Muang International airport for the first time marked the airports auspicious inauguration.

Don Muang International Airport became a solid foundation of Thai aviation when the Royal Thai Airforce permanently relocated a new base to this area on March 27, 1914.

In September 2006, Don Mueang Airport was closed and replaced by the newly opened Suvarnabhumi Airport, before reopening on 24 March 2007 after renovations. Since the opening of the new airport, it has become a regional commuter flight hub and the de facto low-cost airline hub. In 2015, it became the world's largest low cost carrier airport.

Stamps issued to the 100th anniversary of Thais' airport with the Royal Portrait of Field Mashal His Royal Highness Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanath, Prince of Phitsanulok who was initially instrumental and supportive to the development of the aviation business in the Kingdom of Thailand and became appointed as "The Father of the Royal Thai Air Force".