Long Thanh International Airport
Long Thanh International Airport Sân bay Quốc tế Long Thành Cảng hàng không Quốc Tế Long Thành | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Corporation of Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bình Sơn, Long Thành, Đồng Nai, Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hub for | Vietnam Airlines | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Built | 2026 (Phase–I) 2035 (full completion) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 45 m / 148 ft | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 10°46′21.4″N 107°02′43″E / 10.772611°N 107.04528°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Public transit access | Thủ Thiêm-Long Thành Light Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Long Thanh International Airport (ICAO: VVLT) is an international airport under construction in Long Thành district, Đồng Nai province, Vietnam, approximately 40 km (25 mi) east of Ho Chi Minh City. It will be the second airport to serve the Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area, after the existing Tan Son Nhat International Airport. It is being built as an alternative to the existing airport, in order to relieve its increasing traffic, demand and congestion, as it could not be further expanded due to urban growth around it. The Government of Vietnam approved its construction on 4 January 2021. Construction began the next day on 5 January, and its first phase was scheduled to be finished by September 2025, but now it is expected to be finished by the first half of 2026. The airport will serve over 100 million passengers and five million tonnes of cargo annually when built to the maximum designed capacity, making it the largest airport in Vietnam, Southeast Asia and one of the largest in the world. The project is the most expensive infrastructure project in Vietnam's history. Once open, both airports will operate together. The national carrier, Vietnam Airlines, is suggested by the project consultants as the only Vietnamese carrier to operate flights from Long Thanh, while other airlines will wholly stay at the existing airport.
The project is being developed in four phases, the first of which cost about US$4.6 billion, with an area of around 5,580 ha (13,800 acres), a capacity of 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo per year, one terminal and one 4,000 m (13,000 ft)-long and 60 m (200 ft)-wide runway, was officially approved by the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, on 11 November 2020, with completion originally planned in 2025, later delayed to 2026. It is slated to be fully completed with the remaining three phases at a cost of US$ 18.7 billion, which will provide another three terminal-runway sets covering an area of more than 10,000 ha (25,000 acres), by 2035.