Bangkok airplane graveyard, Aircraft boneyard in Ramkhamhaeng district, Thailand.
The Bangkok airplane graveyard is a storage site for retired aircraft located on an open field in the Ramkhamhaeng district. It holds several decommissioned planes, including a Boeing 747 and two MD-82 aircraft positioned among residential buildings.
The site began in January 2010 with two Boeing 747 fuselage sections as its foundation. It expanded afterward by acquiring additional aircraft from Orient Thai Airlines starting in 2014.
Families have converted sections of the abandoned aircraft into homes, forming a small community within the planes themselves. This arrangement demonstrates how residents have adapted to live in an unconventional setting that tourists rarely see.
The location is reachable by taking canal taxis along Klong Saen Saep and getting off near Wat Sriboonruang. Visitors should expect uneven ground and prepare for intense heat and humidity typical of the area.
Residents earn their income through recycling materials found at the site and collecting visitor fees from tourists. This arrangement has allowed families to establish a sustainable livelihood in this unusual location.
Location: Bangkok
GPS coordinates: 13.76501,100.65237
Latest update: December 6, 2025 19:06
Around the world, thousands of airplanes, ships, and vehicles reach the end of their service life and are sent to storage or dismantling sites. These locations mark the final destinations of transportation machines: some wait in the Arizona desert where over 4,000 military aircraft are preserved thanks to the dry climate, others are anchored in Suisun Bay in California as strategic reserves, while still others are dismantled at industrial sites in Chittagong, Bangladesh, where workers recover metal from large commercial ships. Some of these sites have taken unusual forms: in Bangkok, former passenger planes have been converted into homes where residents live; in Alliance, Nebraska, 39 gray cars replicate the exact arrangement of Stonehenge. From Roswell to rusted wrecks in Staten Island and abandoned radioactive vehicles near Chernobyl, these locations tell the comprehensive story of machines that have transported generations of travelers and goods.
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