| Da Nang International Airport Sân bay Quốc tế Đà Nẵng |
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| IATA: DAD – ICAO: VVDN
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public / Military | ||
| Operator | Central Airports Authority | ||
| Serves | Da Nang | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 33 ft / 10 m | ||
| Coordinates | 16°02′38″N 108°11′58″E / 16.04389°N 108.19944°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17L/35R | 10,000 | 3,048 | Asphalt |
| 17R/35L | 10,000 | 3,048 | Asphalt |
Da Nang International Airport (IATA: DAD, ICAO: VVDN) (Vietnamese: Sân bay Quốc tế Đà Nẵng) is located in Da Nang of central Vietnam. It is the third international airport in the country, besides Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi) and Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Ho Chi Minh City). It is an important gateway to access central Vietnam.
In addition to its civil aviation, the runway is shared with the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF, the Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam).
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Airlines and destinations
Domestic
- Indochina Airlines (Ho Chi Minh City)
- Jetstar Pacific Airlines (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City)
- Vietnam Airlines (Buon Ma Thuot, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Pleiku)
- Vietnam Air Service Company (VASCO) (Qui Nhon)
International
- SilkAir (Siem Reap, Singapore)
- TransAsia Airways (Taipei-Taoyuan) [1]
The Vietnamese Government is hoping to serve more flights to Phnom Penh, Hong Kong, and Siem Reap after construction of the new terminal is finished in 2010.
Facilities
The airport has two runways, the longest being a 10,000 ft (3,045m) paved runway. The airport has modern aviation equipment system capable of handling large aircraft.
Traffic volume at Da Nang averages 100 to 150 flights every 24 hours. Annual traffic was circa 1.45 million in 2007 and is expected to reach four million by 2020.[2]
News
- November 4, 2005: Pacific Airlines inaugurated its daily flight between Da Nang and Hanoi. With the addition of this new route, domestic passengers have an additional choice when flying between Da Nang and the capital. This route has long been monopolized by Vietnam Airlines.
- In 2006, this airport received, for the first time since 1975, one million passengers (40,000 international passengers) (compared with 400,000 passengers of the 4th ranked Phu Bai airport and nearly 400,000 passengers of the fifth ranked Cam Ranh airport)
- This airport is currently being upgraded. A new terminal priced at USD $84 million with a capacity of 4 million passengers per year is scheduled for completion in 2010. One of its two runways will be extended from 3,048 m to 3,500 m. Once this project is completed, the airport will have a total capacity of six million passengers per year. [3].
- At the beginning of 2008, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines announced to operate summer charters between Seoul (Incheon International Airport) and Da Nang. Both carriers plan to convert this route to year-round regular scheduled service if this summer charter season proves to be successful.
History
Situated on flat, sandy ground on the south side of the major port city of Da Nang, the area was ideal for an airfield, having unobstructed approaches to its north/south runways. Tourane Airport was built by the French colonial government in the 1930s as a civilian airport. During World War II, and the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force used it as a military air base.
After the war, the facility was used by the French Air Force during the French Indochina War (1945-1954). In 1953/54 the French laid a NATO-standard 7,800-foot (2,400 m) asphalt runway at Tourane and stationed loaned American B-26s "Invaders" of the Groupe de Bombardement 1/19 Gascogne. In 1954 after the Geneva Peace Accords, these B-26's were returned to the United States.
In 1955, the newly-established Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) inherited from the French a token force of fifty-eight aircraft. These included a few squadrons of Cessna L-19 observation aircraft, C-47 transports and various utility aircraft. Tourane Airfiled was turned over to civilian use, with the South Vietnamese using facilities at Bien Hoa, Nha Trang and at Tan Son Nhut, near Saigon.
In 1957 the VNAF re-established a presence at the renamed Da Nang Airport, stationing the 1st Liaison Squadron with Cessna L-19s. The South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) also used Da Nang as a ranger training facility.
Air Vietnam also used the facility from 1951 to 1975 for civilian domestic and international flights within Southeast Asia.
During the Vietnam War (1959-1975), the facility was known as Da Nang Air Base, and was a major United States military base. Once little more than a provincial airfield, the facility was expanded to 2350 acres (95 1 hectares) with two 10.000 ft (3048 m) asphalt runways with concrete touchdown pads. parallel taxiways, and a heliport.
See also
References
- ^ http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200912012356dowjonesdjonline000508&title=transasia-airways-to-start-flights-to-danang-from-dec-26---report
- ^ "Xây nhà ga mới ở sân bay Đà Nẵng". Thời báo kinh tế Sài Gòn online. 2007-12-24. http://mobile.thesaigontimes.vn/ArticleDetail.aspx?id=1829. Retrieved 23 tháng 4 năm 2008.
- ^ Expansion of Da Nang International Airport
- Mikesh, Robert C. (2005) Flying Dragons: The South Vietnamese Air Force. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 0764321587 (Historical origins of the facility)
External links
- Infrastructure in Danang
- Airport information for VVDN at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for DAD / VVDN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Accident history for DAD / VVDN at Aviation Safety Network
- Current weather for VVDN at NOAA/NWS
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