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The largest airport in the Central region, welcoming millions of passengers each year, is scheduled to close 6 months before the end of the year to upgrade its infrastructure.

Quang An • June 28, 2025 14:19

From July 1, 2025, Vinh airport - the most important aviation gateway in the North Central region will officially stop operating to upgrade infrastructure. This will certainly significantly affect the air travel demand of people and tourists to Nghe An in the second half of 2025.

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Vinh Airport is the largest airport in the North Central region and one of the most important airports in the country. The airport has many functional areas including the domestic terminal, international terminal, port office; airport operations rooms, aviation security, ground services, infrastructure engineering... Photo: PV
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Currently, the airport operates 15-20 flights per day. During peak holidays and Tet, the number is up to 30-40 flights per day. The airport welcomes over 2 million passengers per year. After renovation, the capacity is expected to increase to about 3.5 million passengers per year. Photo: QA
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According to records in recent days, the number of passengers arriving at the airport has increased, people took advantage of departing on the last days before the airport closed. Photo: QA
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According to the plan, Vinh airport will stop operating from July 1 to December 31, 2025 to serve infrastructure upgrade construction. Three airport upgrade projects including terminal, parking lot, runway have a total capital of nearly 1,000 billion VND. In the photo: Domestic terminal (T1) is designed with two floors, modern architecture, high technology. Photo: QA
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The total floor area of ​​domestic terminal T1 is 11,706 m2The first floor serves arriving passengers, the second floor is for departing passengers, fully equipped with camera systems and baggage security screening machines. According to the plan, Terminal T1 will be expanded, the floor area will increase to 13,200 m2Photo: QA
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The security screening checkpoint on the second floor will also be expanded. Currently, there are three screening positions, but after the renovation, it will increase to five positions. Photo: QA
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The aircraft parking lot has a total area of ​​38,348 m2, currently meets 7 parking positions. In the near future, this item will be renovated to ensure exploitation of 9 parking positions for narrow-body aircraft (code C). Photo: QA
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In the last days before the closure, parts of Vinh airport were still operating at full capacity to serve the needs of passengers. Photo: QA
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Vinh airport runway is 2,400 m long, 45 m wide, with asphalt concrete surface, put into use at the end of 2003. In this repair project, the runway is the item with the largest investment capital - more than 623 billion VND. The existing runway will be extended to 3,000 m, accommodating wide-body aircraft. Photo: QA
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At the end of June 2025, workers and machinery of contractors began leveling the ground to construct and renovate the aircraft parking lot in the Vinh International Airport. This is the earliest construction item to be carried out. Photo: QA
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The temporary suspension of Vinh airport is expected to affect the travel needs of people in Nghe An and the North Central region, especially during the peak summer tourist season, September 2nd holiday and the end of the year. Passengers can proactively travel via Tho Xuan airport (Thanh Hoa) or Dong Hoi airport (Quang Binh). Photo: QA

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