Posted on 19 Oct 2015
Da Nang Airport's international terminal construction from November
The Ministry of Transport has announced that construction of an
international terminal at central Da Nang Airport will begin in November
this year.
The construction of the terminal is a step of the country's preparation
to serve the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation conference planned in Da
Nang City in 2017.
The new terminal, housed in 21,000sq.m with a designed capacity of four
million passengers per year, is part of the ministry's decision on
adjusting detailed planning on Da Nang International Airport by 2020
with a vision for 2030.
The work on the new terminal is estimated to cost VND3.2 trillion (US$142.7 million).
As planned, the 40,000sq.m airport will meet level 4E guidelines of the
International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) with the capacity
reaching 11 million to 13 million passengers and 50,000 tonnes of goods
per year, by 2020.
The airport will be used for both military and civil businesses,
especially aircrafts such as the B747s, B777s, B787s, and A320, in
addition to A321s and A350s. The airport's available terminal will be
upgraded to receive nine million passengers per year from the current
capacity of 6 million to 8 million.
The upgrading work will include an administrative area covering health
quarantine, customs, border gate police, and fire-fighting station, in
addition to a parking lot with a capacity of about 1,100 cars. If the
number of cars increases, the ministry will study the idea of building a
multi-storey parking lot.
