Speaking at a Monday meeting, the director of the Binh Thuan Provincial Department of Planning and Investment, Le Ngoc Tien, said that the military side of the airport was being completed to serve training aircraft by January 2024.
Covering 543 hectares, Phan Thiet Airport will be built to serve both civilian and military purposes.
Construction started at the Phan Thiet Airport project in 2015 but was then delayed until 2021. During that time, the government decided to upgrade the civil rating of the planned airport from 4C to 4E as regulated by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. The airport's runway has been extended from 2,400 metres to 3,050 metres to allow it to handle Airbus A320s or equivalent-sized planes and advanced military aircraft.
Vietnam currently has 22 airports. A decision signed by Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha on June 7 said that the country would have 30 airports including 14 international and 16 domestic airports by 2030.