International airport to build in Long Thanh

10:07, 26/07/2005

(ĐN) – Prime Minister Phan Van Khai just issued the Decision on approval of building a new international airport serving HCM City named Long Thanh International Airport.

Long Thanh International Airport will be located in the this land

(ĐN) – Prime Minister Phan Van Khai just issued the Decision on approval of building a new international airport serving HCM City named Long Thanh International Airport .  It will be located on a 5,000 ha area in the southeast section of Long Thanh District, Dong Nai Province , about 40km north-east of HCM City .

The new airport will have four runways with the size of 4,000 m length and 60 m width each for being capable of accommodating heavy planes such as the A380, Airbus’ new jumbo jet.

The airport is designated to handle  100 million passengers and 5 million tons of cargo per year.

Prime Minister asked Ministry of Transport for giving instructions to Vietnam Aviation Department to implement Long Thanh airport project as early as possible. The airport project is scheduled to complete in 2011.

The Long Thanh International Airport will become one of the largest airports in the region.

P.V