Cà Mau Airport ( vi, Sân bay Cà Mau) is a small airport in Cà Mau Province, the most southern part of

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. The airport is currently served by Vietnam Aviation Service Company (VASCO) with flight to

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Tan Son Nhat International Airport Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport ( vi, Sân bay quốc tế Tân Sơn Nhất or Cảng hàng không quốc tế Tân Sơn Nhất) is the busiest airport in Vietnam with 32.5 million passengers in 2016 and 38.5 million passengers in 2018 ...

, SGN). The coordinates are: 105°10'46" E and 09°10'32" N.

History

Initially built by the French colonists as ''Moranc Airfield'' at Quản Long town, An Xuyên province (now Cà Mau City) with the runway of 400 m long and 16 m wide. June 1962, Bureau of Aviation of the

Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...

rebuilt this airfield in an area of 91.61 hectares, the runway of 1050m x 30m, the apron 60m x 120 m and renamed it ''Quan Long Airport'' (''Phi trường Quản Long''). This airport was used mainly for military purpose, serving helicopters, L19, OV10, Dakota, C130 and some other kind of fighters. In dry season of 1972, the runway and the apron were repaved with asphalt. In April 1975, following the

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, the airport was controlled by communist forces. From 1976 to 1978, this airport was used for military activities only. On 30 April 1995, this airport revived the civil flight with an AN2 VF808. Civil services continued but with low profit. From 1997, the civil scheduled flight services suspended due to low traffic, only chartered flight remained. On 30 April 1996, the old terminal was renovated. In July of the same year, the airport was equipped precision

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NDB 500II and standby generator. On 13 December 2003, the construction of the new terminal started. The terminal has an area of 1548m2, of which the floor area is 1548m2, the suspension floor is 878m2. In 2004, this airport handled 398 aircraft movements with 8975 passengers, 41,583 kg cargo. In 2005, this airport served 791 aircraft movements with 24,324 passengers and 125,341 kg cargo. The government of Vietnam approved a renovation planning for this airport, according to which the runway will be extended to 1900 m x 30 m, capable to handle 2 medium-sized aircraft at the same time, 150 passengers per hour or 200,000 passengers per annum by 2015. From 2015, another runway of 2400 m x 45 m will be built, capable to handle 4 medium-sized aircraft (like

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) at the same time with 300,000 passengers per annum.

Airlines and destinations

As of 2019, Vietnam Airlines operated by

Vietnam Air Service Company Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO) ( vi, Công ty bay dịch vụ hàng không) is an airline headquartered in Tân Bình, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. A fully owned subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines, it mainly operates regional scheduled flights on ...

operates one morning flight daily for Ho Chi Minh City-Cà Mau route with

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aircraft.

References

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ARVN Rangers at Ca Mau Airfield, December 1970
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ca Mau Airport Airports in Vietnam Buildings and structures in Cà Mau province

History

Airlines and destinations

See also

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