Vinh International Airport
Vinh Airport Sân bay Vinh | |||||||||||
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 External view of Vinh International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Middle Airport Authority | ||||||||||
| Location | Vinh | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°44′12.21″N 105°40′15.17″E / 18.7367250°N 105.6708806°E | ||||||||||
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  VII Location of airport in Vietnam | |||||||||||
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Vinh Airport (IATA: VII, ICAO: VVVH) (Vietnamese: sân bay quốc tế Vinh) is located in Vinh city of Nghệ An Province northern Vietnam. 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 Hanoi.
During 2002-2015, the airport saw the annual increase of passengers of 43.89%, the highest rate out of all airports in Vietnam, reaching to the all-time high of 1.25 million passengers in 2014.[1] 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.[2]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Jetstar Pacific Airlines | Cam Ranh, Ho Chi Minh City |
| VietJet Air | Buon Ma Thuot, Da Lat, Ho Chi Minh City, Pleiku |
| Vietnam Airlines | Da Nang, Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City |
| Vietnam Airlines operated by VASCO | Ha Noi |
Statistics
handled |
% Change |
(tonnes) |
% Change |
Movements |
% Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 276,612 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 535,000 |  93.4 |
1,600 | — | 4,400 | — |
| 2012 | 635,000 | 18.7 |
1,800 | 12.5 |
5,500 | 25
|
| 2013 | 918,000 | 44.4 |
1,500 |  16.7 |
7,000 | 27.3
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| 2014 | 1,220,000 | 33.2 |
2,900 | 93.3 |
8,760 | 25.1
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| 2015 | 1,330,000 | 9.0 |
— | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1.563.387 | 17.3 |
— | — | — | — |
See also
References
- ^ "Điều chỉnh quy hoạch Cảng hàng không Vinh thành Cảng hàng không quốc tế". Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Cảng hàng không Vinh đón hành khách thứ 1 triệu". Vietnamnet.vn. VietNamNet. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
{{cite web}}:|first1=missing|last1=(help) - ^ "Tổng công ty Cảng hàng không Việt Nam: Khánh thành nhà ga hành khách và công bố quy hoạch Cảng hàng không Vinh thành Cảng hàng không quốc tế". Airports Corporation of Vietnam. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Introduction". Vinh International Airport. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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