Flight Plan: Suvarnabhumi Airport to Hamad International Airport

CHAPTER 1: DEPARTURE, DESTINATION AND ALTERNATE AIRPORT

1.1        Departure Airport: Suvarnabhumi Airport

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Figure 1.1: Suvarnabhumi Airport

Table 1.1: Suvarnabhumi Airport

        The departure airport is Suvarnabhumi Airport. It is also known as Bangkok International Airport. The meaning of Suvarnabhumi is “The Golden Land”. It is located at 13°41’33” N 100°45’00” E, 25 kilometres east of Bangkok. It is a public airport. The ICAO code of this airport is VTBS, while the IATA code is BKK. Suvarnabhumi Airport is operated by Airport of Thailand PLC (AOT) (SuvarnabhumiAirport, 2011).

        Suvarnabhumi Airport has two parallel runways. The first runway is runway 01L/19R. The dimension of the runways is 3,700 m x 60 m. It is constructed with asphalt surface. Meanwhile, the second runway is runway 01R/19L. However, the dimension of this runway is 4,000 m x 60 m. Both of these runways are suitable for bigger aircraft such as Airbus A330 and A380 either for take-off or landing (Thailand AIP, 2015).

1.2        Destination Airport: Hamad International Airport

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Figure 1.2: Hamad International Airport

Table 1.2: Hamad International Airport

Meanwhile, the destination airport is Hamad International Airport. The distance from the departure airport is 2,896.3 nm. Hamad International Airport is a new airport in Qatar. It replaced Doha International Airport and served as a new international airport located at 5.5 nm east from Doha City Centre. It is a public airport. The ICAO code for this airport is OTHH, while the IATA code is DOH. The coordinates of this airport is 25°16’23” N 51°36’29”E. Hamad International Airport is operated by Qatar Airways (Doha Hamad Airport, 2015).

        Based on Qatar AIP (2015), Hamad International Airport has two parallel runways. The first runway is runway 16L/34R. The length of this runway is 4,850 m with 60 m width. Meanwhile, the second runway is runway 16R/34L. However, the dimension for runway 16R/34L is 4,250 m x 60 m. Both runways are constructed with asphalt surface. The length of the runways is suitable for the bigger aircraft such as Airbus A330 and A380 to land and take-off.

1.3        Alternate Airport: Kuwait International Airport

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Figure 1.3: Kuwait International Airport

Table 1.3: Kuwait International Airport

        The alternate airport for this flight plan is Kuwait International Airport. It is 374.5 nm away from Hamad International Airport. The function of alternate airport is the aircraft will divert to this airport if it is unable to land at the destination airport. Kuwait International Airport is a public and military airport located at 15.5 km south from Kuwait City. The ICAO code of this airport is OKBK and the IATA code is KWI. The coordinates of this airport is 29°13’36” N 047°58’48” E. Kuwait International Airport is operated by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA, 2015).

        According to DGCA (2015), Kuwait International Airport has two parallel runways. The first runway is runway 15R/33L. The dimension of this runway is 3,400 m x 46 m. Meanwhile, the second runway is runway 15L/33R. The dimension of the second runway is 3,500 m x 45 m. The first runway is made up from concrete surface, while the second runway is made up from asphalt surface.

1.4        Estimated Time Departure (ETD) & Estimated Time Arrival (ETA)

        ETD and ETA are the estimated time that the flight will depart from the departure airport and arrive at the destination airport (Business Dictionary, 2015). These times will be based on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The UTC time for Suvarnabhumi Airport is +7 hours, while for Hamad International Airport is +3 hours.

Total distance = 2896.3 nm

Total flight time = 6 hours 31 minutes

Table 1.4: ETA and ETD

VTBS ETD        =        0300 UTC + 0700

                =        1000

VTBS ETA        =        1000 + 0631

                =        1631 VTBS Time

OTHH ETD        =        0300 UTC + 0300

                =        0600

OTHH ETA        =        0600 + 0631

                =        1231 OTHH Time

CHAPTER 2: AIRCRAFT TO BE FLOWN