Phan Thiet Airport

Phan Thiet Airport Cảng Hàng không Phan Thiết
IATA: PHH ICAO: VVPT
Summary
Serves	Phan Thiết
Location	Thiện Nghiệp, Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận, Vietnam
Coordinates	10°59′45″N 108°13′31″E
Maps
PHH/VVPT
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 3,050[1] 10,000 Concrete

Phan Thiet Airport (Vietnamese: Sân bay Phan Thiết) is an under construction airport in Thiện Nghiệp, Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận Province, southern Vietnam. The mixed-use facility will cost around VND10 trillion (US$435.28 million) to build. The 543-hectare (1,340-acre) airport will be able to serve 500,000 passengers per year, according to the government website. It will consist of one 2,400-meter long runway and one 5,000-square-meter terminal.^[2]

History

By 2017, Binh Thuan People's Committee proposed to upgrade Phan Thiet 4C Airport to level 4E, runway from 2,400 m to 3,050 m in length to be able to exploit international flights in the future. One year later, the project approved by the Prime Minister is one of 15 domestic airports in the country with a 4E grade civilian airport combined with level 1 military airport.

On 5 April 2021, Phan Thiet airport project in Thien Nghiep commune resumed for construction by the Vietnam's Ministry of Defense, the project will be completed by the end of 2022. Phan Thiet Airport was approved by the Prime Minister in 2009, covering 543 hectares. It was started in early 2015 and expected to be completed in 2018, but then stopped.^[3]

On 29 July 2024, the Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) 920th Air Training Regiment of the Air Force Officer's College finished moving all of its Iak-52 trainer aircraft from its old base at Cam Ranh International Airport to the new base at airport. Before that, on 17 July, the 920th Regiment, together with the 918th Transport Regiment, conducted a series of calibration flights to test out equipment at the airport.^[4][5] The 920th Regiment will operate Yak-52s and T-6 Texan IIs at the airport.^[6][7]

On 20 November 2024 the first three T-6Cs were delivered to the VPAF at the airport.^[8]

References

1. "Sân bay Phan Thiết sẽ khai thác đầu năm 2024". vnexpress.net (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 8 August 2023.
2. "Vietnam starts work on first private-backed airport in Phan Thiet". www.thanhniennews.com. Thanhnien News. 19 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
3. "Thi công sân bay Phan Thiết".
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvMcN68-5qE&t ^{[bare URL]}
5. https://baobinhthuan.com.vn/trung-doan-920-truong-si-quan-khong-quan-bay-chuyen-san-thanh-cong-tu-san-bay-cam-ranh-den-san-bay-phan-thiet-122740.html ^{[bare URL]}
6. https://dantri.com.vn/xa-hoi/san-bay-phan-thiet-da-bay-quan-su-dan-su-dang-dieu-chinh-chu-truong-dau-tu-20240810160104483.htm ^{[bare URL]}
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YswyY4v78dU ^{[bare URL]}
8. "PACAF commander makes historic delivery of T-6C Texan IIs to Vietnam". United States Air Force. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.