Buses between Don Muang Airport and Bangkok

To get from Bangkok to Don Muang Airport and vice versa, besides the train from Bangkok's Hua Lamphong station – the cheapest but also the slowest option – there are 4 bus lines called “Airport Express” connecting travelers to the BTS Skytrain or MRT metro, the Northern Bus Terminal (Mo Chit), Lumphini Park or Khao San Road. These buses leave from exits 7 and 8 of Terminal 1: just go out through those exits and you will see them.

Bus A1 route (30 THB)

Buses run from 6 am to 11 pm, with a bus every 5 minutes on average. Be careful, though: there are actually 3 variants on this line, so check the small sign at the front of the bus to see which one it is.

The classic A1 route:

1. Don Mueang Airport
2. BTS Mo Chit (MRT Chatuchak Park)
3. Bangkok Northern Bus Terminal (Mo Chit)

The A1 route that only goes to the BTS (Mo Chit) and MRT (Chatuchak Park) stations, which is the most frequent one. It takes 30 to 45 minutes to reach BTS Mo Chit (or MRT Chatuchak Park).

And since December 5, 2019, when new BTS stations closer to Don Muang Airport opened, a new A1 route runs every 20 minutes with the following stops:

1. Don Mueang Airport
2. Ratchayothin BTS Station
3. Sena Nikhom BTS Station
4. Vibhavadi Hospital (near Bang Khen railway station)

This new A1 route was introduced on a trial basis; if it proves popular, its frequency (one bus every 20 minutes from 7:30 am to 7 pm) may increase.

Bus A2 route (30 THB)

These buses run from 6:15 am to 11 pm, with a bus every 15 minutes, and stop at:

1. Don Mueang Airport
2. Kasetsart University
3. BTS Mo Chit (MRT Chatuchak Park)
4. Saphan Khwai
5. Ari
6. Sanam Pao
7. Victory Monument

Bus A3 route (50 THB)

These buses run from 6:30 am to 11 pm, with a bus every 30 minutes, and stop at:

1. Don Mueang Airport
2. Tollway
3. Din Daeng
4. Pratunam
5. Ratchaprasong
6. Ratchadamri
7. Lumphini Park

Bus A4 route (50 THB)

These buses run from 6:30 am to 11 pm, with a bus every 30 minutes, and stop at:

1. Don Mueang Airport
2. Tollway
3. Si Rat Expressway
4. Yommarat
5. Lan Luang
6. Phan Fa
7. Democracy Monument
8. Wat Bowonniwet
9. Khao San
10. Sanam Luang

To get to Don Muang Airport from Bangkok, there is a bus stop a few hundred meters from BTS Mo Chit / MRT Chatuchak Park station (on the Chatuchak Park side).

Note that there is also a free shuttle bus between Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi airports (see details here).