Phu Cat Airport

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Phu Cat Airport Sân bay Phù Cát
IATA: UIH – ICAO: VVPC
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 / 13.955°N 109.04222°E / 13.955; 109.04222Coordinates: 13°57′18″N 109°02′32″E / 13.955°N 109.04222°E / 13.955; 109.04222
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
15/33	10,010	3,051	Concrete

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 located in Qui Nhon, Vietnam. It is located just northwest of Qui Nhon within Binh Dinh Province along the central coast of Southern Vietnam.

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

Contents 1 Current commercial airline services 2 History 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Current commercial airline services

• Vietnam Airlines (Da Nang, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City)

[edit] 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.

[edit] See also

• List of airports in Vietnam

[edit] External links

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

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