Phu Quoc International Airport (
Vietnamese
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: ''Sân bay quốc tế Phú Quốc'' or ''Cảng hàng không quốc tế Phú Quốc'') is an
international airport that serves
Phú Quốc
Phú Quốc () is the largest island in Vietnam. Phú Quốc and nearby islands, along with the distant Thổ Chu Islands, are part of Kiên Giang Province as Phú Quốc City, the island has a total area of and a permanent population of appr ...
Island, in southern
Vietnam
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. The airport covers nearly 900 hectares of land area in
Dương Tơ
Dương Tơ is a commune of Phú Quốc, Kien Giang, Vietnam
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, situated outside of the city premises. It is built at a cost of around
VND 16.2 trillion (US$810 million) and is planned to be built in phases. The airport is 10 km from the previous
Phu Quoc Airport, which it replaced.
The airport was initially able to handle about 2.5 million passengers per annum, and the maximum capacity will be 7 million passengers per annum. The airport has a single runway, capable of handling aircraft like the
Airbus A350
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The first A350 design proposed by Airbus in 2004, in response to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, would have been a development of the A330 ...
and
Boeing 747.
The construction was completed in November 2012 and was put into operation on 2 December 2012.
The
Government of Vietnam
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expects the airport to facilitate the arrival of international tourists who are attracted to the island's beaches.
History
Airports Corporation of Vietnam began construction of the airport on 23 November 2008 with an investment of
VND 3,000 billion. It was designed by Singaporean-US design consulting firm CPG-PAE. After four years work the airport operated its inaugural flight on 15 December 2012.
Airlines and destinations
See also
*
Duong Dong Airport
References
External links
Phu Quoc International Airport GuideOfficial website of Airports Corporation of Vietnam
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Airports in Vietnam
Buildings and structures in Kiên Giang province
Airports established in 2012