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Lien Khuong International Airport
Sân bay Quốc tế Liên KhươngIATA: DLI – ICAO: VVDL Location of airport in Vietnam Summary Airport type Public Owner Southern Airports Authority Serves Da Lat Elevation AMSL 3,156 ft / 962 m Coordinates 11°45′02″N 108°22′25″E / 11.75056°N 108.37361°E Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 11,562 3,250 asphalt Lien Khuong International Airport (IATA: DLI, ICAO: VVDL) (Vietnamese: Sân bay Quốc tế Liên Khương) is the largest among 4 airports of Lam Dong province in Central Highlands Vietnam. The airport is located in Duc Trong District, about 30 km south of Da Lat. The major reconstruction in order to handle bigger aircraft was completed in December 2009.
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History
Lien Khuong Airport was built by the French colonists 1933 with a 700-meter-long soil runway. From 1956 - 1960 American army resconstructed and upgraded Lien Khuong Airport with rather completed facilities is not the infrastructure is quite complete, the terminal was designed in French architecture, with three stories. The terminal had a capacity of 50,000 passengers per year or about 120 passengers/peak hour.[1]
During 1964–1972, the runway, apron, packing, access roads went through improvement and reinforcement, the runway was refaced with asphalt from 8–10 cm in depth. As a result of this improvement, the runway reached 1,480 m long and 37 m wide, the apron was 23,100 square meters, apron of 2,106 square meters, access road was 2,100 meters long. Following the unification of Vietnam on 30 April 1975 until 1980, this airport was controlled and opereated by the Vietnam People's Army, the airport mainly served high ranking governmental leaders on business and lifting residents from the northern Vietnam to Lam Dong in the so-called "New Economic Movement".[1]
From 1981-1985 Lien Khuong Airport served civil service filghts with Ho Chi Minh City - Lien Khuong route (one filght weekly) on AK40 Aircraft but all civil flights was suspended due to low passenger traffic.
Since 1992 Lien Khuong Airport resumed its civil services with Ho Chi Minh - Lien Khuong, and Huế – Lien Khuong on AK 40 and was later replaced by ATR 72. The Huế – Lieng Khuong was later suspended.
Since October 2004, this airport has served more air link with Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport with Fokker 70 aircraft. As of December 2009, there are two daily flights to Ho Chi Minh City, one flight daily to Hanoi.[1]
Military activity
Aeroflot Russia ran connection flights within Vietnam with Ilyushin Il-86 aircraft during 1981-89. It is suspected that the Soviet VVS Air Force carried out operations from Lien Khuong after the fall of Saigon in April 1975. Russia disbanded 2 of 3 defensive VVS interceptor squadrons consisting of Su-27, MiG-25, and 13 Yak-50 within Da lat in the summer of 1999. The fate of the retired aircraft is unknown. Possible transfer to People's Army of Vietnam PAVN and/or People's Air Defense Force of Vietnam PADFV to Hanoi.
Services
The new 12,400-square-meter passenger terminal was inaugurated on December 26, 2009. The new two-floor terminal will enable the Lien Khuong airport to serve international flights in the region in 2010. The terminal is capable of receiving 1.5-2 million passengers per year. [2]
Current destinations
Airlines Destinations Air Mekong Hanoi Vietnam Airlines Da Nang, Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City Planned additional domestic destinations
- Cần Thơ (Can Tho Airport)
Proposed international destinations
The airport has been upgraded into international standard to serve international flights to Singapore, South Korea, Laos and Cambodia.[3]
Statistics
Flights Out of Lien Khuong International Airport by Frequency Rank Destinations Frequency (Weekly) 1 Ho Chi Minh City 21 2 Hanoi 14 3 Da Nang 7 Ground transport
A shuttle van to Da Lat is available for 40,000 dong; tickets are available near baggage collection, however seats quickly fill up. A taxi would be around 250,000 dong (15 US Dollars).
Accidents and incidents
- On 29 December 1973, Douglas C-53D EM-3 of Air America overran the runway on landing. The aircraft was substantially damaged and was not salvaged due to the presence of land mines in the area. It was operating a non-scheduled passenger flight. All nine people on board survived.[4]
See also
Reference
- ^ a b c Tư, 30-12-2009 "GIỚI THIỆU CHUNG VỀ CẢNG HÀNG KHÔNG LIÊN KHƯƠNG". Southern Airports Corporation. 2006-06-09. http://www.tsnairport.hochiminhcity.gov.vn/vn/default.aspx?cat_id=691&cl1=689Thứ Tư, 30-12-2009.
- ^ "New terminal opens in Central Highlands airport". VietnamNet. 2009-12-29. http://english.vietnamnet.vn/travel/200912/New-terminal-opens-in-Central-Highlands-airport-886480/.
- ^ "Lam Dong: survey to open int’l air routes conducted". VietnamNet. 2009-12-29. http://english.vietnamnet.vn/travel/2008/12/821024/.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19731229-1. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
External links
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