Da Nang International Airport

Da Nang International Airport

*Sân bay Quốc tế Đà Nẵng*
Da Nang International Airport; Sân bay Quốc tế Đà Nẵng
	IATA: DAD; ICAO: VVDN;
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Owner/Operator	Airports Corporation of Vietnam
Serves	Da Nang
Location	Da Nang, Vietnam
Hub for	Vietnam Airlines; VASCO;
Operating base for	Bamboo Airways; VietJet Air; Vietravel Airlines;
Elevation AMSL	10 m / 33 ft
Coordinates	16°02′38″N 108°11′58″E / 16.04389°N 108.19944°E
Website	www.danangairport.vn
Map
	DAD/VVDN Location within the city of Da Nang DAD/VVDN DAD/VVDN (Vietnam) DAD/VVDN DAD/VVDN (Southeast Asia) DAD/VVDN DAD/VVDN (Asia)
Runways
Statistics (2019)
Total passengers
Total passengers	15,543,598 17.5%
	Source: Taseco Airs

Da Nang International Airport (IATA: DAD, ICAO: VVDN) is an international airport serving the area of Central Vietnam and the region's largest city Da Nang. It is the third international airport in the country, after Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi) and Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Ho Chi Minh City).

In addition to its civil aviation, the runway is shared with the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF, the Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam), although military activities are now extremely limited.^[2]^{[unreliable source?]} The airport served 5 million passengers in 2014, reaching that passenger count around six years sooner than expected.^[3] An expansion of the new terminal is currently considered to increase its capacity to 10 million passengers per annum by 2020.^[4] This airport handled 6,722,587 passengers in 2015, an increase of 34.7% compared with that of 2014.^[5]

This airport handled 11 million passengers in 2017, an increase of 24.1% compared to that of 2016.^[6] The airport has two separate terminals for international and domestic passengers with total passenger capacity of 11 million per annum as at 2018.^[7] The Hanoi-Danang and Ho Chi Minh City-Danang routes have respectively 319 and 250 weekly flights and are, in order, the second and third busiest air routes in Vietnam after the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh route (475 flights).

In 2024, it was ranked 94th in World’s Top 100 Airports by Skytrax,^[8] certified as a 3-star airport with its international terminal rated a 5-star.^[9] It is set to have the first smart terminal in Vietnam, under a partnership signed with FPT Software.^[10]^[11]

^ "TASECO AIRS 2019 BÁO CÁO THƯỜNG NIÊN". Taseco Airs (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 17 January 2020.
^ "Danang International Airport, Vietnam". Airport-technology.com. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
^ Nguyễn, Đông. "Cảng hàng không quốc tế Đà Nẵng đón khách thứ 5 triệu". vnexpress.net. VNExpress. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
^ "Sân bay Đà Nẵng sẽ đón 3,6 triệu lượt khách năm 2012 (Da Nang Airport will handle 3.6 million passengers in 2016)". Official website of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam. 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
^ "Kết quả sản xuất kinh doanh của ACV: Năm 2015 sản lượng hành khách thông qua cảng đạt trên 63 triệu lượt, tăng 24,2% so với năm 2014". ACV. 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016.
^ "official website of ACV". Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
^ Cite error: The named reference Tuoi Tre was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "World's Top 100 Airports 2024". SKYTRAX. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
^ "Da Nang International Airport is a 3-Star Airport". Skytrax. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ en.baochinhphu.vn (23 April 2024). "Da Nang to develop first Vietnamese smart airport terminal". en.baochinhphu.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 28 April 2024.
^ VnExpress. "Da Nang to have first smart airport terminal in Vietnam - VnExpress International". VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

[TASECO_AIRS_2019_BÁO_CÁO_THƯỜNG_NIÊN-1] "TASECO AIRS 2019 BÁO CÁO THƯỜNG NIÊN". Taseco Airs (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 17 January 2020.

[airporttech-2] "Danang International Airport, Vietnam". Airport-technology.com. Retrieved 13 May 2010.

[3] Nguyễn, Đông. "Cảng hàng không quốc tế Đà Nẵng đón khách thứ 5 triệu". vnexpress.net. VNExpress. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

[4] "Sân bay Đà Nẵng sẽ đón 3,6 triệu lượt khách năm 2012 (Da Nang Airport will handle 3.6 million passengers in 2016)". Official website of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam. 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

[5] "Kết quả sản xuất kinh doanh của ACV: Năm 2015 sản lượng hành khách thông qua cảng đạt trên 63 triệu lượt, tăng 24,2% so với năm 2014". ACV. 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016.

[6] "official website of ACV". Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

[Tuoi_Tre-7] Cite error: The named reference Tuoi Tre was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[8] "World's Top 100 Airports 2024". SKYTRAX. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

[9] "Da Nang International Airport is a 3-Star Airport". Skytrax. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[10] .baochinhphu.vn (23 April 2024). "Da Nang to develop first Vietnamese smart airport terminal". en.baochinhphu.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 28 April 2024.

[11] VnExpress. "Da Nang to have first smart airport terminal in Vietnam - VnExpress International". VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

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