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Long Thanh International Airport

Long Thanh International Airport is an international airport under construction in Long Thanh district, Dong Nai province, about 40 km east of Ho Chi Minh City. With a capacity of up to 100 million passengers/year when all 3 phases are completed.

With a total scale of more than 5,000 hectares, total investment cost of 16 billion USD, Phase 1 of more than 5 billion USD will be put into operation in early 2026.

• One of the 16 largest airports in the world
• Capacity: 100 million passengers/year
• The center transports goods of 5 million tons/year
• The scale is equivalent to Munich Germany airport, Changi Singapore airport
• Completed by the end of 2025

Phases of Long Thanh International Airport's construction

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh came to inspect the progress of Long Thanh airport in 2022.

According to the policy approved by the National Assembly in June 2015, Long Thanh airport will be built with a design capacity of 100 million passengers and 5 million tons of cargo per year. In particular, the construction will be divided into 3 phases..

Total estimated investment for all 3 phases of the project is 336,600 billion VND (equivalent to 16.03 billion US dollars, applying 2014 unit prices). Of which, phase 1 alone is 114,450 billion VND (equivalent to 5.45 billion US dollars).

The goal set by the Ministry of Transport is to start construction of Long Thanh airport in 2020, complete it in 2024 and put phase 1 into operation in early 2025.

Phase 1 will invest in a runway and a passenger terminal along with synchronous auxiliary items with a capacity of 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tons of goods per year. Total investment of phase 1 is 114,451 billion VND (equivalent to 5.45 billion US dollars). Phase 1 will be completed and put into operation by 2025 at the latest.

Phase 2, continue to invest in building an open runway and a passenger terminal to reach a capacity of 50 million passengers/year and 1.5 million tons of goods/year.

Phase 3 will complete the project's items to reach a capacity of 100 million passengers/year and 5 million tons of goods/year. When completed, the airport will have 4 terminals and 4 runways, expected to be completed by 2035.

Construction progress of the major Long Thanh international airport project is brilliant at night

The lotus terminal of the Long Thanh airport project is gradually taking shape after more than 3 months of construction. At night, the light from the construction site creates an impressive picture.

The light from the building site makes a painting of lotuses bloom brightly seem in the middle of the night.

Package 5.10 for construction and installation of passenger terminal equipment is the most important item of the project. The station is designed in the shape of a lotus flower, including 1 ground floor and 3 floors, total floor area of 376,451.32m2; roof peak height 45.55m; Arrange 40 close parking positions for aircraft. This is considered the "heart" of Long Thanh airport phase 1.

According to ACV's report, as of December 11, in package 5.10, all temporary roads connecting public service roads were 100% completed with a total length of nearly 3,700m, gates and fences are now complete. to 100%. In addition, 24 tower cranes have been completed and put into use across the entire construction site. Excavation construction reached 221,000/340,600m3 (reaching 65.1%), 587/1,566 pillars were crushed.

The representative of the Vietur joint venture said that up to this point, the contractor consortium has mobilized a team of 400 engineers and more than 700 construction workers on the construction site. Currently, temporary works such as the operating house, electrical system, fence, and tower crane have been basically completed. In addition, the consortium of contractors will mobilize an additional 43 excavators and over 100 soil trucks to serve the construction.