Phu Quoc Airport

Phu Quoc Airport Sân bay quốc tế Phu Quốc
Characteristics
ICAO code	VVPQ
IATA code	PQC
Coordinates	10 ° 13 '33 "  N , 103 ° 57' 39"  E Coordinates: 10 ° 13 '33 "  N , 103 ° 57' 39"  E
Height above MSL	7 m (23  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	2 km southeast of Phu Quoc
Street	Expressway
Basic data
operator	Southern Airports Authority (SAA)
Terminals	1
Start-and runway
08/26	2128 m × 30 m concrete

The Phu Quoc Airport ( Vietnamese Sân bay Phú Quốc , IATA : PQC, ICAO : VVPQ) is the former airport of Phu Quoc in southern Vietnam . At the end of 2012 it was replaced by Phú Quốc International Airport .

history

Phu Quoc Airport was built by French colonists in the 1930s and expanded significantly during the Vietnam War . Originally designed as a small airfield with a 996 meter long runway, the airlines also took over commercial flights from Phu Quoc after the fall of Saigon in 1975. For this purpose, the runway was finally expanded to 1,496 meters in 1983. A new terminal was built from 1994 to 1995 and was in operation until the airport closed in 2012.

Airlines and destinations

inland

• Vietnam Airlines ( Ho Chi Minh City , Hanoi , Da Nang )
• Jet Star Pacific ( various domestic and international destinations )
• VietJet

International flights

• Azur Air ( seasonal Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk )
• Tui ( seasonal London Gatwick )
• China Southern Airlines ( Guangzhou )
• Bangkok Airways ( Bangkok )

See also

• List of airports in Vietnam

Web links

• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vietnam Airlines capitalises on new Phu Quoc airport . Voice of Vietnam . December 3, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
2. ↑ Cum cang hang khong mien Nam, Official website of Phu Quoc Airport ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.