Da Nang International Airport Sân bay Quốc tế Đà Nẵng | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Airports Corporation of Vietnam | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Da Nang | ||||||||||||||
Location | Da Nang, Vietnam | ||||||||||||||
Hub for | Vietnam Airlines | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 10 m / 33 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 16°02′38″N108°11′58″E / 16.04389°N 108.19944°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Taseco Airs [1] |
Da Nang International Airport( IATA : DAD, ICAO : VVDN) is an international airport serving the area of Central Vietnam, especially Da Nang, the largest city there. It is the third international airport in the country, after Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi) and Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Ho Chi Minh City).
In addition to its civil aviation, the runway is shared with the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF, the Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam), although military activities are now extremely limited. [2] [ unreliable source? ] The airport served 5 million passengers in 2014, reaching that passenger count around six years sooner than expected. [3] An expansion of the new terminal is currently considered to increase its capacity to 10 million passengers per annum by 2020. [4] This airport handled 6,722,587 passengers in 2015, an increase of 34.7% compared with that of 2014. [5]
This airport handled 11 million passengers in 2017, an increase of 24.1% compared to that of 2016. [6] The airport has two separate terminals for international and domestic passengers with total passenger capacity of 11 million per annum as at 2018. [7] The Hanoi-Danang and Ho Chi Minh City-Danang routes have respectively 319 and 250 weekly flights and are, in order, the second and third busiest air routes in Vietnam after the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh route (475 flights).
Situated on flat, sandy ground on the south side of the major port city of Da Nang, the area was ideal for an airfield, having unobstructed approaches to its north–south runways. Tourane Airport was built by the French colonial government in the 1940s as a civilian airport. [8] During World War II, and the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force used it as a military air base.
After the war, the facility was used by the French Air Force during the French Indochina War (1945–1954). In 1953/54 the French laid a NATO-standard 7,800-foot (2,400 m) asphalt runway at Tourane and stationed loaned American B-26s "Invaders" of the Groupe de Bombardement 1/19 Gascogne. In 1954 after the Geneva Peace Accords, these B-26s were returned to the United States.
In 1955, the newly established Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) inherited from the French a token force of fifty-eight aircraft. These included a few squadrons of Cessna L-19 observation aircraft, C-47 transports and various utility aircraft. Tourane Airfield was turned over to civilian use, with the South Vietnamese using facilities at Bien Hoa, Nha Trang and at Tan Son Nhut, near Saigon.
In 1957 the VNAF re-established a presence at the renamed Da Nang Airport, stationing the 1st Liaison Squadron with Cessna L-19s. The South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) also used Da Nang as a ranger training facility.
Air Vietnam also used the facility from 1951 to 1975 for civilian domestic and international flights within Southeast Asia.
During the Vietnam War (1959–1975), the facility was known as Da Nang Air Base, and was a major United States military base. Once little more than a provincial airfield, the facility was expanded to 2,350 acres (950 ha) with two 10,000-foot (3,048 m) asphalt runways with concrete touchdown pads. parallel taxiways, and a heliport.
During the war the VNAF's 1st Air Division, [9] and the USAF's 23d Air Base Group, 6252nd Tactical Wing, 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, 362nd Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron, and the U.S. Navy (a detachment of VQ-1) operated from the base.
According to the regulation of the Ministry of Transport issued on 27 July 2020, the airport was temporarily closed from 28 July to 7 September to prevent an outbreak in the city. [10]
Da Nang International Airport has two 10,000-foot (3,048 m) paved, parallel runways (17–35 orientation) capable of handling large, modern aircraft such as Boeing 747s, 767s and Airbus A320s. [2] Traffic volume at Da Nang averages 100 to 150 flights every 24 hours. Annual traffic was circa 1.45 million in 2007 and is expected to reach four million by 2020. [11]
A new 20,000m² terminal, costing US$84 million with a capacity of 4 million passengers per year, opened to receive its first domestic flight on 15 December 2011. The feasibility study for the renovation of the airport was partially sponsored by the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), and was completed by PriceWaterhouseCoopers in 2006. The new terminal includes five boarding gates, baggage handling systems, departure and arrivals areas, flight information display system (FIDS), common user terminal equipment (CUTE), fire detection systems and comprehensive public address and security systems, including screening equipment. Additionally, one of the airport's two runways was extended from 3,048 metres (10,000 ft) to 3,500 metres (11,483 ft). After completion, and at a cost of US$160 million, the airport now has a total capacity of six million passengers per year. [2] [12]
A new international terminal 2, covering 48,000m2, with a total investment sum of US$154 million and a designed capacity of 6 millions passenger per year was put into use on 5 May 2017. [7] [13]
Year | Passengers |
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2008 | 1.710.758 |
2009 | 2.079.758 |
2010 | 2.479.307 |
2011 | 2.877.078 |
2012 | 3.090.877 |
2013 | 4.376.775 |
2014 | 4.989.687 |
2015 | 6.724.604 |
2016 | 8.783.429 |
2017 | 10.860.235 |
2018 | 13.229.663 |
2019 | 15.543.598 |
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