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Phu Cat Airport

Airport serving Quy Nhon, Vietnam

Airport serving Quy Nhon, Vietnam

FieldValue
namePhu Cat Airport
nativenameSân bay Phù Cát
imagePhuCatAirport newterminal.jpg
image-width300
captionTerminal entrance
IATAUIH
ICAOVVPC
typePublic / military
operatorMiddle Airport Authority
city-servedQuy Nhơn
locationPhù Cát
operating_baseBamboo Airways
elevation-m24
metric-elevyes
coordinates
website
pushpin_mapVietnam
pushpin_map_captionLocation of airport in Vietnam
pushpin_label**UIH**/VVPC
r1-number15/33
r1-length-m3,051
r1-surfaceConcrete
metric-rwyyes
stat1-headerTotal passengers
stat1-data630,935
stat2-headerAircraft movements
stat2-data4,346
stat-year2015
footnotesSources: GCM, STV

| image-width = 300 | city-served = Quy Nhơn | elevation-m = 24 | metric-elev = yes | r1-number = 15/33 | r1-length-m = 3,051 | r1-surface = Concrete | metric-rwy = yes | stat1-header = Total passengers | stat1-data = 630,935 | stat2-header = Aircraft movements | stat2-data = 4,346 | stat-year = 2015

Phu Cat Airport is an airport serving Quy Nhơn, Vietnam. It is in Phù Cát district between the towns of Ngo May and Đập Đá, around 30 km northwest of Quy Nhơn within Bình Định province along the South Central Coast of Vietnam.

As well as being a commercial airport, Phu Cat is also used by the Vietnam People's Air Force, being home to the nation's sole squadrons of Sukhoi Su-27 and Yakovlev Yak-130.

Phu Cat Airport is the registered hub serving Bamboo Airways. Phu Cat Airport handled 1.5 million passengers in 2017.

Airlines and destinations

|Bamboo Airways| Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City |VietJet Air| Hai Phong, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City |Vietnam Airlines| Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City

If passengers would fly internationally from this airport, they would need to transit in either Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City to get to other international destinations.

History

Phù Cát Airport was built in 1967 during the Vietnam War for the United States Air Force (USAF) by the American construction company RMK-BRJ. During the war, it was a major air base for the Republic of Vietnam Air Force and USAF. Until 1975, the airport was known as Gò Quánh Airport. The airport was one of the major sites for Agent Orange recharge besides Bien Hoa Air Base and Da Nang Air Base. Due to heavy activities involving dioxin during the war, the ground at the airport was polluted with toxic chemicals and cleanup efforts are still ongoing. After 1975, it was used for training purpose by the Vietnamese Air Force and subsequently developed into a mixed-use airport for both regional civic air transport and military activities in 1984 following the suspension of civic service at nearby Qui Nhơn Airfield. In September 1984, the airport served its first commercial flight.

On July 10, 2003, construction on a new 3000 sqm passenger terminal for the airport started. The terminal was completed in June 2004. It has a capacity of 600,000 passengers per year, with two airplane gates, six check-in counters and two conveyor belts. The airport handled 420,000 passengers in 2014 and held an average 46% annual growth in passengers. The airport served 1.5 million passengers in 2017.

On February 13, 2017, work started on the site of a new passenger terminal for Phu Cat Airport. This terminal, built on a cost of US$22 million, would have a capacity of 1.5 million passengers per year with room for expansion up to 2.4 million. The new terminal opened on May 3, 2018 and completely replaced the 2003-built terminal.

References

References

  1. "Bình Định đề xuất xây Nhà ga hành khách sân bay Phù Cát".
  2. {{GCM. VVPC
  3. {{STV. 7730226. Phu Cat Airport
  4. (30 November 2017). "Chỉ bù lỗ sân bay ít khách". Nguoi lao dong.
  5. "Hanoi, Viet Nam HAN".
  6. "Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam SGN".
  7. "VietJet Air schedules new domestic routes from mid-June 2020".
  8. "Hanoi, Viet Nam HAN".
  9. (19 January 2015). "Vietjet announces Hanoi-Quy Nhon flights".
  10. "Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam SGN".
  11. "Hanoi, Viet Nam HAN".
  12. "Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam SGN".
  13. "Giới thiệu".
  14. "Đưa vào khai thác Nhà ga hành khách Cảng hàng không Phù Cát".
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