Cat Bi International Airport.
The Vietnam Aviation Administration has just submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Transport to consider and approve the planning of Cat Bi International Airport (Hai Phong city) for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050.
Specifically, in the period 2021-2030, Cat Bi International Airport will have a level 4E airport and a level 1 military airport; capacity of 13 million passengers/year and 250.000 tons of cargo/year; The total number of aircraft parking positions is 30; Types of aircraft operated are code C such as A320/A321, code E such as B747/B777/B787/A350 and equivalent.
During this period, the Vietnam Aviation Administration proposed to maintain the existing T1 Passenger Terminal; Construction of a new passenger terminal (T2) with 2 elevations in the eastern area of the existing passenger terminal. The total capacity of Passenger Terminal T1 and Passenger Terminal T2 reaches 13 million passengers/year.
Vision to 2050, Cat Bi International Airport will have a level 4E airport and a level 1 military airport; capacity of 18 million passengers/year and 500.000 tons of goods/year; total number of aircraft parking positions: 50 positions; Types of aircraft operated are code C such as A320/A321, code E such as B747/B777/B787/A350 and equivalent.
In addition, during this period, the Vietnam Aviation Administration proposed to research, select options and deploy the construction and expansion of the passenger terminal to increase the total capacity to 18 million passengers/year; Build a general aviation terminal in the southern area of runway No. 2 when needed.
For the cargo terminal, in the period 2021-2030, a cargo terminal will be built at the western location of passenger terminal T1, with an area of about 23.500 m2, capacity of about 100.000 tons of goods/year, with Expandability to meet capacity of about 250.000 tons of goods/year when needed.
Vision to 2050 will plan the location of the cargo terminal in the southern area of runway No. 2 to serve combined passenger and cargo flights; Land planning with an area of about 80.000 m2 (including cargo terminal, car parking lot... synchronized) for exploitation needs until 2050 and provision for future development needs to meet up to 500.000 tons goods/year.
The total land use need of Cat Bi International Airport is 490,61 hectares, of which the existing land area of Cat Bi international passenger port is 488,02 hectares; The additional land area expected to be requested is 2,59 hectares.
Hai Phong Newspaper