Vinh International Airport ( vi, Sân bay quốc tế Vinh) is located in

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city of Nghệ An Province in northern

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. It is a mixed military/civil airport. It used to be one of the two major military airbases in Vietnam besides Gia Lam Airbase in

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. During 2002–2015, the airport saw the annual increase of passengers of 43.89%, the highest rate out of all airports in Vietnam. The airport served 1.8 million passengers in 2018.

History

The airport was built by the French in 1937, at first included a landing strip, aprons and fuel storage. In 1994, Vietnamese government invested 20 billion VND to renovate the airport to receive commercial flights. In 1995,

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flight route was inaugurated. During 2001 — 2003, the airport saw a major upgrade to its infrastructure. The runway was extended to . A new passenger terminal was constructed in 2014 and opened in 2015, serving domestic flights. The old terminal was then converted to a temporary international terminal. In 2019, renovations to the old terminal were completed for it to be fully capable of handling international flights and bigger aircraft.

International flights

International services at the airport commenced in 2014 with scheduled flights by

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airplanes. Despite a strong demand on road between Vinh and Vientiane with up to 180,000 people passing through border ports in Nghe An province annually, the air service only saw 50% load factor against a 10,000-seat annual capacity. Vietnam Airlines reported a $750,000 loss on the route in 2014. The route was ended on October 25, 2015. In June 2016, Vietnamese travel agency Vietravel introduced charter service between Vinh and

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using

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and

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but the service was ended by June 2017 due to insufficient infrastructure at Vinh Airport. The service was reintroduced in February 2019 when the renovated international terminal at the airport was inaugurated.

Facilities

A new terminal with designed capacity of 3 million passengers per year and estimated cost of 800 billion VND (around $37.65 million) was opened in 2015.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

References

External links

Vinh International Airport
1937 establishments in Vietnam Airports established in 1937 Airports in Vietnam Buildings and structures in Nghệ An province Vinh {{Vietnam-airport-stub