Airports in Vietnam
This is a list of airports in Vietnam , grouped by type and sorted by location. Airports in Vietnam are managed and operated by Airports Corporation of Vietnam.
This is a list of airports in Vietnam , grouped by type and sorted by location. Airports in Vietnam are managed and operated by Airports Corporation of Vietnam.
| Location | Main city served | ICAO | IATA | Airport name | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Thành district, Đồng Nai province | Ho Chi Minh City | VVLT | Long Thanh International Airport | ||
| Sa Pa, Lào Cai province | Sa Pa and Lào Cai | SaPa Airport | |||
| Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận province | Phan Thiết | VVPT | PHH | Phan Thiet Airport | |
| Long Xuyên, An Giang province | Long Xuyên | An Giang Airport | |||
| Gio Linh district, Quảng Trị province | Đông Hà | Quang Tri Airport | |||
| Gia Bình district, Bắc Ninh province | Bắc Ninh | Gia Bình Airport |
Notes: Among 10 international airports mentioned above, only five are served with current international flights including Tan Son Nhat (Ho Chi Minh City), Noi Bai (Hanoi), Da Nang (Da Nang), Cam Ranh (Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa province) and Phu Quoc (Phú Quốc, Kiên Giang province). While other though managed to be international hubs, but has just served in domestic routes so far.
Vietnam is divided into 63 first-level subdivisions, comprising fifty-eight provinces and five municipalities under the command of the central government. Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam. Municipalities are centrally-controlled cities and have special status equal to that of the provinces.
Nha Trang is a coastal city and capital of Khánh Hòa Province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bounded on the north by Ninh Hoà town, on the south by Cam Ranh city and on the west by Diên Khánh District. The city had a population of about 422,600 in 2019. An area of 12.87 km2 (4.97 sq mi) of the western communes of Diên An and Diên Toàn is planned to be merged into Nha Trang which will make its new area 265.47 km2 (102.50 sq mi) based on the approval of the Prime Minister of Vietnam in September 2012.
Khánh Hòa is a southern coastal province in the South Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Phú Yên to the north, Ninh Thuận to the south, Đắk Lắk to the west, Lâm Đồng to the southwest and the South China Sea to the east.
Da Nang International Airport is an international airport serving the area of Central Vietnam and the region's largest city Da Nang. It is the third international airport in the country, after Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi) and Tan Son Nhat International Airport.
Vinh International Airport is located in Vinh city of Nghệ An province in northern Vietnam. It is a mixed military/civil airport. It used to be one of the two major military airbases in Vietnam, along with Gia Lam Airbase in Hanoi.
Cam Ranh International Airport is located on Cam Ranh Bay in Cam Ranh, a provincial city in Khánh Hòa province in Vietnam. It serves the city of Nha Trang, the capital of Khánh Hòa province, which is 30 km (16 NM) from the airport. This airport handled 9,747,172 passengers in 2019, making it the fourth busiest airport in Vietnam, after Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da Nang, and one of the fastest growing airports in the country.
Phu Bai International Airport is located just south of the central city of Huế, the former capital of Vietnam.
Phu Cat Airport is an airport serving Quy Nhơn, Vietnam. It is in Phù Cát district between the towns of Ngo May and Đập Đá, around 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Qui Nhơn within Bình Định province along the South Central Coast of Vietnam.
In Vietnam, South Central Coast and South Central Region are two terms which can refer to the same region or two regions that do not correspond to each other. South Central Coast consists of the independent municipality of Đà Nẵng and seven other provinces, which means South Central Coast doesn't include Central Highlands. Nevertheless, the term "South Central Region" can also be used to include Central Highlands as it is part of southern part of Central Vietnam.
Dong Hoi Airport is an airport located in Loc Ninh commune, 6 km (3.7 mi) north of Đồng Hới city, capital of Quảng Bình Province, in North Central Coast of Vietnam, about 500 km (310 mi) southeast of Hanoi by road. The facilities cover 173 ha, on a sandy area, by the coast of South China Sea. The runway approaches near the seashore and nearly parallel to the Highway 1. The airport, like all civil airports in Vietnam, is owned and operated by Airports Corporation of Vietnam.
National Route 1, also known as National Route 1A, is the trans-Vietnam highway. The route begins at km 0 at Hữu Nghị Quan Border Gate near the China-Vietnam border, runs the length of the country connecting major cities including Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City, and ends at km 2301.34 at Năm Căn township in Cà Mau province.
Central Vietnam, also known as Middle Vietnam or The Middle, formerly known as Trung Việt by the State of Vietnam, Trung Phần by the Republic of Vietnam, Trung Kỳ or Annam under French colonial rule, is one of the three geographical regions within Vietnam.
Mekong Aviation Joint Stock Company, doing business as Air Mekong, was an airline from Vietnam which operated scheduled passenger flights from its base at Phu Quoc Airport and secondary hubs at Noi Bai International Airport and Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Its headquarters were located in Phú Quốc, Kiên Giang Province. It was established in 2009 and flight operations were launched on 9 October 2010. This is the third privately owned airline of Vietnam, after Indochina Airlines, and VietJet Air. Air Mekong leased four Bombardier CRJ 900 aircraft from SkyWest Airlines, each equipped with 90 seats in both business and economy classes. In 2011, Air Mekong operated 10,750 flights and carried about 710 thousand passengers.
Visitors to Vietnam must obtain either an e-Visa or a visa in advance, unless they are citizens of one of the visa-exempt countries.
The Amazing Race Vietnam: Cuộc đua kỳ thú 2012 is the first season of the reality television game show, The Amazing Race Vietnam. It featured ten teams of two race around Vietnam for 300 million₫.
