Gia Binh International Airport was added to the master plan for the development of the national airport system and became the 15th international airport.
Perspective of Gia Binh airport - Source: SG
The Minister of Transport has just signed a decision approving the adjustment of the master plan for the development of the national airport system for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, to add Gia Binh international airport to the plan.
Accordingly, Gia Binh International Airport in Bac Ninh province is added to the planning with the scale of a 4E airport; the expected design capacity is about 1 million passengers/year in the period 2021-2030, about 3 million passengers/year with a vision to 2050.
Gia Binh International Airport has an estimated land area of about 363.5 hectares. The estimated investment cost of this airport according to the plan is about 17,682 billion VND for the period 2021-2030; about 12,083 billion VND with a vision to 2050.
According to the master plan for the development of the national airport system for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, approved by the Prime Minister in 2023, in the 2021-2030 period, the country will form 30 airports, including 14 international airports and 16 domestic airports.
By 2050, the country will have 33 airports, including 14 international airports and 19 domestic airports.
With the upgrading of Gia Binh specialized airport into an airport and addition to the planning, the country has 15 international airports.
Adding Gia Binh airport to the planning increases the expected land area occupied by the master plan of the airport system by 2030 to about 24,195 hectares.
The capital investment demand for airport system development by 2030 also increased from VND420,000 billion to about VND438,000 billion.
Investment capital for airports is mobilized from the state budget, non-budgetary capital and other legal capital sources.
Previously, implementing the Prime Minister's direction, the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province has developed and completed a project to study the possibility of forming Gia Binh airport, in the direction of converting Gia Binh specialized airport into Gia Binh airport; updating and adding Gia Binh airport to the master plan for the development of the national airport system in the period of 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050.
On January 24, 2025, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha issued an official dispatch agreeing to the policy of adjusting the master plan for the development of the national airport and seaport system for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, to add Gia Binh airport to the plan in a shortened order as proposed by the Ministry of Transport and related ministries.
At the same time, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha assigned the Ministry of Transport to urgently establish, supplement and approve planning adjustments in accordance with the procedures prescribed by law on planning...
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/bo-sung-cang-hang-khong-quoc-te-gia-binh-vao-quy-hoach-20250214174428984.htm
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