An Giang Airport

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An Giang Airport
Sân bay An Giang
Cảng hàng không An Giang
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Southern Airports Corporation
Operator Southern Airports Authority
Location Chau Thanh District
Coordinates 10°30′54″N105°10′26″E / 10.51500°N 105.17389°E / 10.51500; 105.17389 Coordinates: 10°30′54″N105°10′26″E / 10.51500°N 105.17389°E / 10.51500; 105.17389
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Location of airport in Vietnam
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1,850 564 Asphalt

An Giang Airport is a planned airport in An Giang Province, Mekong Delta, southern Vietnam [1] According to the master plan, total cost is estimated around $64 million and will be invested in phases, the first phase will be constructed from 2011 to 2020. The airport will be located in commune of Cần Đăng, Chau Thanh District, An Giang Province. The airport will cover 235 ha, of which the civil airport area will occupy 34.2 ha while 31.2 ha will be allocated for a military airport area and 169 ha for other purposes.

Airport location where aircraft take off and land

An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports often have facilities to store and maintain aircraft, and a control tower. An airport consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. In some countries, the US in particular, they also typically have one or more fixed-base operators, serving general aviation.

An Giang Province Province in Mekong Delta, Vietnam

An Giang is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Mekong Delta, in the southwestern part of the country, sharing a border with Cambodia to the northwest. It has been increasingly recognized as Vietnam's Mecca, for large Muslim population in here.

Mekong Delta Region in Vietnam

The Mekong Delta, also known as the Western Region or the South-western region is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of southwestern Vietnam of over 40,500 square kilometres (15,600 sq mi). The size of the area covered by water depends on the season. The region comprises 12 provinces: Long An, Đồng Tháp, Tiền Giang, An Giang, Bến Tre, Vĩnh Long, Trà Vinh, Hậu Giang, Kiên Giang, Sóc Trăng, Bạc Liêu, and Cà Mau, along with the province-level municipality of Cần Thơ.

The airport will have a 3,000-square meter passenger and management terminal and will have an 1,850 meter long runway, 45 meter wide designed to serve ATR72 aircraft by 2020 and then the runway will be expanded to 2400 m and can serve Airbus A320. [2] [3]

Runway Area of surface used by aircraft to takeoff from and land on

According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface.

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