Vung Tau Airport () is a small
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
in southern
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
, in the
Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province
Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu ) is a province of Vietnam. It is located on the coast of the country's Southeast region. It also includes the Côn Đảo islands, located some distance off Vietnam's southeastern coast. From 1954 to 1975, under South ...
. The airport serves the city of
Vũng Tàu
Vũng Tàu (''Hanoi accent:'' , ''Saigon accent:'' ) is the largest city of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province in southern Vietnam. The city area is , consists of 13 urban wards and one commune of Long Sơn Islet. Vũng Tàu was the capital of the pr ...
and is located near the downtown of the city.
Facilities
There is a 1,800 m paved runway (as of 2006). The airport is capable of handling small aircraft such as
ATR-72
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and
AN-38
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.
History
The airport was originally established as
Cap St Jacques Airfield in the
French colonial period.
Airlines and destinations
The
Southern Service Flight Company provides helicopter services for petroleum exploration and production activities offshore of Vũng Tàu. It also provides twice weekly flights to
Con Dao Airport.
See also
*
Vung Tau
*
List of airports in Vietnam
This is a list of airports in Vietnam, grouped by type and sorted by location. Airports in Vietnam are managed and operated by Airports Corporation of Vietnam.
Civil airports
, -
, Hải Châu, Da Nang city
, Da Nang and Hội An
, VVDN
, ...
References
Airports in Vietnam
Buildings and structures in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu province
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