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Bangkok Airport Transfers: Suvarnabhumi (BKK) & Don Mueang (DMK) to Downtown, Pattaya & Hua Hin

How to ride the ฿45 Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link, the ฿33 Don Mueang SRT Red Line, official metered airport taxis, and the free BKK↔DMK shuttle bus.

Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) to Central Bangkok

  • Airport Rail Link (ARL — Basement Floor B): Runs every 10–12 minutes from 05:30 to midnight to Makkasan (interchange with MRT Blue Line Phetchaburi, 22 min, ฿35) and Phaya Thai (interchange with BTS Sukhumvit Line, 26 min, ฿45).
  • Official Public Metered Taxi (Level 1, Gates 3–4): Draw a queue slip from the kiosk. Pay the meter fare (typically ฿250–฿320) + ฿50 airport surcharge + expressway tolls (฿25 + ฿50 = ฿75), totaling ~฿380–฿450 to Sukhumvit or Silom.
  • Direct Coaches to Pattaya (฿143) & Hua Hin (฿325): Depart Level 1, Gate 8 via Roong Reuang Coach.

Don Mueang Airport (DMK) to Central Bangkok

  • SRT Dark Red Line Train: Walk across the elevated skybridge from Terminal 1/2 to Don Mueang Station and ride 18 minutes to Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal (MRT Bang Sue) for ฿33!
  • A1 / A2 Airport Bus: ฿30 to BTS Mo Chit / MRT Chatuchak Park.
  • Free BKK ↔ DMK Airport Transfer Bus: Show your onward boarding pass at BKK Gate 3 (Level 2) or DMK Terminal 1 Gate 6 for the free 50-minute expressway shuttle between the two airports.