Tan Son Nhut Air Base

Tan Son Nhat International Airport
Tan Son Nhat International Airport
	IATA: SGN; ICAO: VVTS;
Summary
Elevation AMSL	10 m / 33 ft
Runways

Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Part of Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF); Pacific Air Forces (USAF); Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF)
	Tan Son Nhut Air Base – June 1968
	Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Coordinates	10°49′08″N 106°39′07″E / 10.81889°N 106.65194°E
Type	Air Force Base
Site information
Condition	Joint Civil/Military Airport
Site history
Built	1955
In use	1955–present
Battles/wars	; Vietnam War

Tan Son Nhut Air Base (Vietnamese: Căn cứ không quân Tân Sơn Nhứt) (1955–1975) was a Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) facility. It was located near the city of Saigon in southern Vietnam. The United States used it as a major base during the Vietnam War (1959–1975), stationing Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine units there. Following the Fall of Saigon, it was taken over as a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) facility and remains in use today.

Tan Son Nhat International Airport, (IATA: SGN, ICAO: VVTS) has been a major Vietnamese civil airport since the 1920s.