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Don Mueang Now Flood Proof
17th Oct 2013
After it was inundated by the great flood in 2011, Don Mueang Airport is now ready to brace itself for similar events with the completion of flood wall surrounding the facility.
According to the airport manager, as reported by the Bangkok post, Chaturongkapon Sodmanee, the new structure, which stretches up to 13 kilometers long, is designed to prevent the floodwater from entering the airport premises. The building of the structure was made possible with the assistance of the Royal Thai Air Force.
What if the rainwater accumulates inside the airport premises? Nothing to worry about. According to the airport official, the airport has installed 12 pumping stations hosting a total of 37 pumps between them. Altogether, the 37 pumps will be able to pump out 48,000 cubic meters of flood water per hour.
In addition to the 37 pumps owned by the airport, the Royal Thai Air Force owns 6 pumps inside its facility that has a capacity to discharge up to 26,000 cubic meters per hour.
For additional flood-control measure, the airport has installed a retaining pond with a holding capacity of up to 1.2 million cubic meters of water.
As if there's not enough, Mr. Chaturongkapon further said that the airport is more than prepared to brace itself for the possible destructive effect of a big flood that may hit Bangkok again in the future.
The airport has also prepared a contingency plan in case flood inundates the airport grounds. It will shut all gates at ground level and then provide new ones linked to Don Mueang Tollway, an elevated access road.
The airport official is confident that the preparation in place is enough to avoid similar closure of the airport whenever flood strikes the city in the future.
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