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Pleiku Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
2,434 ft / 742 m

7,874
  
2,400

Elevation
  
742 m

Serves
  
Pleiku

09/27
  
7,874

Code
  
PXU

Province
  
Gia Lai Province

Pleiku Airport

Operator
  
Middle Airport Authority

Address
  
Thống Nhất, Pleiku, Gia Lai Province 600000, Vietnam

Similar
  
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Atr72 vnal takeoff runway 27 pleiku airport


For the Vietnam War military use of this facility, see Pleiku Air Base

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Pleiku Airport (IATA: PXU, ICAO: VVPK) (Vietnamese: Sân bay Pleiku) is a regional airport located near the city of Pleiku within Gia Lai Province in southern Vietnam.

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History

Pleiku Airport was little more than an undeveloped air strip in December 1962 when it was designated by the South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) as Air Base 62. It was expanded during the Vietnam War and became a major air base for the VNAF and United States Air Force activities, but never reached the saturation and population proportions of the major air bases of the coastal lowlands. After 1975, it was developed into a civil airport.

References

Pleiku Airport Wikipedia