Tan Son Nhat International Airport

For the IATA airport code “TSN”, see Tianjin Binhai International Airport. For the military use of this facility during and after the Vietnam Wars, see Tan Son Nhut Air Base.
"Ho Chi Minh Airport" and "Saigon Airport" redirect here. For the new airport under construction, see Long Thanh International Airport.

Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport

Sân bay Quốc tế Tân Sơn Nhất
Summary
Airport typePublic / military
Owner/OperatorAirports Corporation of Vietnam
ServesHo Chi Minh City metropolitan area
LocationTân Bình, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Hub for
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL10 m / 33 ft
Coordinates10°49′08″N 106°39′07″E / 10.81889°N 106.65194°E / 10.81889; 106.65194
Websitewww.vietnamairport.vn/tansonnhatairport/en
Maps
Map
SGN/VVTS is located in Ho Chi Minh City
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SGN/VVTS
Location of airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
SGN/VVTS is located in Vietnam
SGN/VVTS
SGN/VVTS
SGN/VVTS (Vietnam)
SGN/VVTS is located in Southeast Asia
SGN/VVTS
SGN/VVTS
SGN/VVTS (Southeast Asia)
SGN/VVTS is located in Asia
SGN/VVTS
SGN/VVTS
SGN/VVTS (Asia)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07L/25R 3,050 10,007 Concrete
07R/25L 3,828 12,559 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers40.738.295 (Increase 18.85%)

Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport (IATA: SGN, ICAO: VVTS) is an international airport serving Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous city in Vietnam. The airport is located in the Tân Bình district within the Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area.

It is the busiest airport in Vietnam, with 32.5 million passengers in 2016,[2] 38.5 million passengers in 2018,[3] and about 41 million passengers in 2023.[4] As of December 2023, it is the 50th-busiest airport in the world, and the fourth-busiest in Southeast Asia.[5] As of April 2024, it has a total capacity of only around 30 million passengers,[6] which has caused constant and increasing traffic and congestion, hence it has sparked debates for expanding or building a new airport, of which the plan of the new airport as an alternative is under construction since 2021, and will be completed by 2025.[7][8]

Of the routes the airport serves, the domestic Ho Chi Minh City–Hanoi route is the busiest in Southeast Asia and the fourth-busiest in the world, serving around 11 million passengers in 2023.[9] Its IATA airport code, SGN, is derived from the city's former name of Saigon.

  1. ^ "Hội nghị tổng kết công tác an toàn đường cất hạ cánh tại Cảng HKQT Tân Sơn Nhất năm 2023" (in Vietnamese).
  2. ^ "ACV: Hội nghị tổng kết công tác năm 2016 và triển khai kế hoạch năm 2017". ACV. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Tân Sơn Nhất không lo sân đỗ, chỉ sợ tắc đường (Tan Son Nhat will have no problem with the apron capacity, only with the congested roads surrounding the airport)" (in Vietnamese). bao giao thong (Transport News). 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Tan Son Nhat applies a new 'super-cool' operating process, reducing Tet peak delays". Vn.vn. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference PANYNJ 2022 report was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference SGNinfrastructure was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Work begins on passenger terminal of Long Thanh airport project". The Saigon Times. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Thủ tướng phê duyệt Dự án Sân bay Long Thành giai đoạn 1 trị giá 4,664 tỷ USD (PM approved the project first phase costed US $4.664 billion)". Vietnam Investment Review. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Busiest Flight Routes in the World 2023 – OAG". OAG. Retrieved 10 April 2024.