Phu Cat Airport

Phu Cat Airport Sân bay Phù Cát
IATA: UIH – ICAO: VVPC UIH Location of airport in Vietnam
Summary
Airport type		Public/Military
Operator		Middle Airport Authority
Location		Qui Nhon
Elevation AMSL		80 ft / 24 m
Coordinates		13°57′18″N 109°02′32″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
15/33	10,010	3,051	Concrete

Terminal at Phu Cat Airport

Interior of passenger terminal at Phu Cat Airport

An Airbus A320 in Vietnam Airlines at Phu Cat Airport

For the Vietnam War military use of this facility, see Phu Cat Air Base

Phu Cat Airport (IATA: UIH, ICAO: VVPC) (Vietnamese: Sân bay Phù Cát) is the airport serving Qui Nhon, Vietnam. It is in Phù Cát District between the towns of Ngo May and Dap Da, around 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Qui Nhon within Binh Dinh Province along the South Central Coast of Vietnam.

As well as being a commercial airport, Phu Cat is also used by the Vietnamese Air Force (Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam).

Commercial airline services

Airlines	Destinations
Air Mekong	Ho Chi Minh City ( currently Air Mekong appears to have ceased flying from Phú Cat - possibly restarting in December 2013?)
Vietnam Airlines	Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City

History

Phù Cát Airport was built in 1966 during the Vietnam War by the United States Air Force (USAF). During the war, it was a major air base for the South Vietnamese Air Force and USAF. After 1975, it was used as a military airfield for the Vietnamese Air Force (Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam), and developed into a regional civil airport.

See also

• List of airports in Vietnam

External links

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