Today (September 27), according to information from the Department of Planning and Investment of Ca Mau province, this locality will spend more than 860 billion VND to clear the land and implement the investment project to upgrade and expand Ca Mau Airport. The project is expected to be implemented within 2 years (2024 and 2025) from the local budget.

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Ca Mau Airport will be upgraded to accommodate 1 million passengers per year. (Photo: Huy Spotter)

The scale of investment in compensation and site clearance is over 100 hectares, located in two wards (Ward 6 and Tan Thanh Ward, Ca Mau City). Through review, the authorities determined that 5 organizations and over 700 households and individuals were affected.

According to the Department of Planning and Investment, from now until the end of 2024, the province will carry out procedures for measuring and counting land and assets attached to land; develop plans for compensation, resettlement support, and hand over part of the site.

The locality also strives to hand over the remaining construction site to Vietnam Airports Corporation by early 2025.

The Provincial People's Committee directed relevant agencies to fully implement compensation, support, resettlement and relocation policies for affected households out of the project area to stable and safe places for residence and production.

Currently, Ca Mau airport has a runway measuring 1,500mx30m, only operating short flights using ATR72 aircraft or equivalent. The airport has only one route from Ca Mau to Ho Chi Minh City and vice versa with a frequency of 4 flights/week.

According to the approved master plan, this airport will be a domestic airport, shared by civil and military use.

Specifically, from 2021-2030, Ca Mau airport will be a 4C airport and a level II military airport. Each year, it will receive about 1 million passengers and 1,000 tons of cargo; the type of aircraft used is code C such as A320/A321 and equivalent.

By 2050, the airport's capacity has been increased to about 3 million passengers/year and 3,000 tons of cargo/year.

The Minister of Transport has just approved the planning for Ca Mau Airport for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050.
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