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Phu Bai International Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
49 ft / 15 m

8,775
  
2,675

Elevation
  
15 m

Phone
  
+84 234 3861 131

Location
  
Hương Thủy

09/27
  
8,775

Code
  
HUI

Province
  
Thừa Thiên-Huế Province

Serves
  
Hue

Phu Bai International Airport

Operator
  
Middle Airport Authority

Address
  
Cầu Phú Bài, tt. Phú Bài, Tx. Hương Thủy, Thừa Thiên Huế, Vietnam

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Phu bai international airport hue city vietnam


Phu Bai International Airport (IATA: HUI, ICAO: VVPB) (Vietnamese: Sân bay Quốc tế Phú Bài) is located just south of the central city of Huế, former capital of Vietnam.

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  • October 30, 2005: Phú Bài Airport officially welcomed its first international flight since it was allowed to receive international flights by Vietnamese government in 2002. The charter flight operated by Austrian Airlines carried Austrian tourists from Luang Prabang, Laos.
  • May 24, 2007: Changi Airports International (CAI) today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province for the development of Phu Bai–Hue International Airport. This MOU was signed as part of the Vietnamese government's launch of a tourism master plan to develop Thua Thien Hue Province as the next international tourism destination of Vietnam.

    • The MOU was signed by Mr. Nguyen Xuan Ly, Chairman of People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province and Mr. Chow Kok Fong, Chief Executive Officer of CAI in Vietnam. The event was witnessed by officials from the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).

  • February 23, 2013: Phú Bài Airport was expected to close for eight months for runway repairs and upgrades, estimated between 500 and 600 billion Vietnam Dong. The airport was actually closed from March 20 to September 20, two months less than planned. During this period, tourists who wished to travel to Hue by air had to use Da Nang International Airport.

    • References

    Phu Bai International Airport Wikipedia
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