Phu Bai International Airport

Phu Bai International Airport Sân bay Quốc tế Phú Bài
IATA: HUI – ICAO: VVPB HUI Location of airport in Vietnam
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Middle Airport Authority
Location		Hue
Elevation AMSL		49 ft / 15 m
Coordinates		16°24′06″N 107°42′10″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
09/27	8,775	2,675	Asphalt

Phu Bai International Airport (IATA: HUI, ICAO: VVPB) (Vietnamese: Sân bay Quốc tế Phú Bài) is located just south of the central city of Huế, former capital of Vietnam.

Destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Vietnam Airlines	Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City

News

ATC tower at Phu Bai Airport

• October 30, 2005: Phú Bài Airport officially welcomed its first international flight since it was allowed to receive international flights by Government in 2002. The charter flight operated by Austrian Airlines carried Austrian tourists from Luang Prabang, Laos.

• May 24, 2007: Changi Airports International (CAI) today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the People’s Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province for the development of Phu Bai-Hue International Airport. This MOU was signed as part of the Vietnamese government’s launch of a tourism master plan to develop Thua Thien Hue Province as the next international tourism destination of Vietnam.

The MOU was signed by Mr. Nguyen Xuan Ly, Chairman of People’s Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province and Mr. Chow Kok Fong, Chief Executive Officer of CAI in Vietnam. The event was witnessed by officials from the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).

See also

• List of airports in Vietnam

External links

• Airport information for VVPB at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.