Originally Posted by
Plato90s
Sure, pre-construction that was a swamp-area.
Now... the land for mile+ around the passenger terminal is pretty much fully paved-over. That's why I noted that the land isn't really mosquito-breeding grounds.
Please take a look at a fairly recent Google satellite map of BKK and you will see that most of the area inside airport perimeter is in fact grass land.
A close up look will show that there are large number of run-off drains leading to ponds in each corner of the airport perimeter. You will also see that there are canals just inside the perimeter fence joining each of the four large run-off ponds. To the north and the east of the airport the land is mainly paddy fields.
I suspect each of the underlined items mentioned above are prime breading areas for mosquitos. Not sure if mosquitos need clearance from ATC to enter controlled air space
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@13.6913161,100.7608689,16109m/data=!3m1!1e3
Last edited by Oldtiger; Jan 8, 2018 at 4:47 am
Reason: Typo correction