Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport is an

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Soutr Nikom District Soutr Nikom District (Sout ~ / ~ Nikum; ) is a district of Siem Reap Province, in north western Cambodia. According to the 1998 census of Cambodia, it had a population of 90,080. See page 226. The district is home to the Siem Reap–Angkor Inte ...

, Siem Reap province serving the city of

Siem Reap Siem Reap (, ) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia. Siem Reap possesses French-colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter ...

Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...

. It is northeast of Damdek, east of

Angkor Wat Angkor Wat (; , "City/Capital of Wat, Temples") is a Buddhism and Hinduism, Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia. Located on a site measuring within the ancient Khmer Empire, Khmer capital city of Angkor, it was originally constructed ...

and east of Siem Reap. It is the largest airport in Cambodia. SAI covers an area of 700

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(1,730

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) of land and has a 3,600 m runway. The airport can handle 65,800 flights and 7 million passengers annually, projected to increase to 112,700 flights and 12 million passengers annually from 2040.

History

The airport was built to replace

Siem Reap International Airport Siem Reap International Airport was an international airport that served Siem Reap and Angkor. It opened in 1932 and closed in 2023 upon the opening of Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport. It was the second-busiest airport in Cambodia af ...

, which proved unable to handle increased traffic and caused damage to Angkor Wat due to pollution. The project was introduced in 2010, and a Chinese company, Yunnan Investment Holdings Limited, was selected to build the airport in December 2016. The airport was constructed under a 55-year

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agreement. Construction started in July 2018, and was delayed due to the

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and a labor shortage. The airport opened on 16 October 2023.

Features

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The airport cost US$1.1 billion and occupies an area of . The airport has a passenger terminal with 15

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s, a cargo terminal, an

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tower, and a

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with a parallel

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. The terminal can handle 7 million passengers per year in the first phase. Siem_Reap_Airport_Terminal

The airport's runway is capable of handling

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like the

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and

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, and

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like the

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, and future expansion will increase the airport's capacity to 12 million passengers per year by 2030. The third phase, planned for completion by 2050, will increase the total capacity to over 20 million passengers per year. The airport is planned to be connected with an airport expressway directly from the city. Ground transportation services are provided by minibuses with up to 15 seats.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport Airports in Cambodia Buildings and structures in Siem Reap Airports established in 2023 2023 establishments in Cambodia

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