Gia Lam Airport Sân bay Gia Lâm | |||||||||||
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 Gia Lam Airfield in 1967. | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Hanoi | ||||||||||
| Location | Long Biên district | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 50 ft / 15 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°02′27.51″N 105°53′09.64″E / 21.0409750°N 105.8860111°E | ||||||||||
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Gia Lam Airport (ICAO: VVGL) (Vietnamese: Sân bay Gia Lâm) is an airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, located in Long Biên District, on the eastern bank of the Red River. It is primarily a military field, used by the Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF), with MiG-21 fighters and Kamov Ka-28 helicopters stored in revetments. The airfield was inaugurated in 1936, before the Japanese occupation of French Indochina. The airport is currently used for military training activities, as well as for chartered helicopter taxi flights for tourists visiting nearby attractions such as Ha Long Bay. There are plans to convert Gia Lam to a civilian airport, serving short flights to and from locations in Northern Vietnam.[1]
- ^ Vietnamnet (2010-05-03). "Gia Lam Airport to serve short-range flights". Archived from the original on 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2016-01-23.