Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base

Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base
Part of Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF)
Emblem of Wing 6, Royal Thai Air Force (Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base)
Coordinates	13°54′45″N 100°36′24″E / 13.91250°N 100.60667°E / 13.91250; 100.60667 (Don Muang RTAFB)
Type	Air Force Base
Site information
Owner	Royal Thai Air Force
Operator	Royal Thai Air Force
Controlled by	Royal Thai Air Force
Condition	Military Air Force Base
Site history
Battles/wars	Vietnam War

Airfield information
IATA: DMK ICAO: VTBD
Summary
Elevation AMSL	9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	13°54′45″N 100°36′24″E / 13.91250°N 100.60667°E / 13.91250; 100.60667
Map
VTBD Location of Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 03L/21R 12,139 3,700 Asphalt 03R/21L 11,482 3,500 Asphalt

Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base is approximately 40 kilometres north of central Bangkok and is the main operating and command base for the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF). In addition, units of the Royal Thai Army and Royal Thai Police have personnel located there.

The first flights to Don Muang were made on 8 March 1914 and involved the transfer of aircraft of the RTAF. Three years earlier, Thailand had sent three army officers to France to train as pilots. On completion of their training in 1911, the pilots were authorized to purchase four Breguets and four Nieuports, which formed the basis of the RTAF.