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Vinh Airport Sân bay Vinh |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Middle Airport Authority | ||||||||||
| Location | Vinh | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°44′12.21″N 105°40′15.17″E / 18.7367250°N 105.6708806°ECoordinates: 18°44′12.21″N 105°40′15.17″E / 18.7367250°N 105.6708806°E | ||||||||||
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Vinh Airport (IATA: VII, ICAO: VVVH) (Vietnamese: Sân bay Vinh) is located in Vinh city of Nghệ An Province northern Vietnam. It is a mixed military/civil airport. It used to be one of the two major military airbases in Vietnam besides Gia Lam Airbase in Hanoi.
During 2002-2015, the airport saw the annual increase of passengers of 43.89%, the highest rate out of all airports in Vietnam, reaching to the all-time high of 1.25 million passengers in 2014. A new terminal with designed capacity of 3 million passengers per year and estimated cost of 800 billion VND (around $37.65 million) was opened in 2015.