Van Don International Airport receives first flight

Van Don is the first private airport funded by Sun Group. Secretary of the Quang Ninh provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Doc and leaders of the locality attended the significant event.

“The Van Don International Airport is vivid evidence for the success of the policy of mobilizing private capital to develop transport infrastructure. Its success will be an important impetus for Quang Ninh to continue calling on huge investment resources for its rapid and strong development,” said Mr. Nguyen Duc Long, Chairman of the Quang Ninh People's Committee. 

The construction of the airport was kicked off in March 2016 on an area of 325 hectares in Van Don district’s Doan Ket commune, with a total investment capital of VND7.7 trillion (USD338.8 million) in the form of build-operate-transfer (BOT).

It received approval of the Ministry of Transport to become an airport that meets the 4E criteria set by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and a second-class military airport.

The airport, featuring a 3.6km long and 45m wide runway, will be capable of handling large cargo and passenger aircraft, and will serve nine flight routes with a capacity of handling 7,000 passenger arrivals per day.

In the first phase, until 2020, the airport’s terminal covers approximately 27,000 square meters and is capable of serving 2.5 million passengers annually, and up to 1,250 passengers per hour during peak period./.