Urgent upgrade of Ca Mau airport

Complete the procedures to submit to the Prime Minister

On the afternoon of January 9, 2023, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session with the Standing Committee of the Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee on the implementation of socio-economic development tasks and the removal of difficulties and bottlenecks in the locality. At this meeting, the Prime Minister requested that the upgrade of Ca Mau Airport be completed by June 2025, so that large and modern aircraft such as the A321 and Boeing 777 can land.

Currently, central ministries and branches are focusing on completing the procedures to submit to the Government for approval as directed. According to the plan that the Ministry of Planning and Investment is synthesizing opinions from relevant ministries and branches to submit to the Government, the Ca Mau Airport expansion and upgrade investment project has a total capital of about 2,400 billion VND with the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) as the investor, using 100% of the equity capital of this enterprise.

Accordingly, in terms of scale, a new 2,400 m runway, 45 m wide, will be built to ensure the operation of Airbus A320, A321 and equivalent aircraft. A taxiway connecting the runway to the aircraft parking lot will be built in the southern area, 128 m long, 112.5 m wide, with a 5 m wide material shoulder, to meet the operation of 3 parking positions for A320, A321 and equivalent aircraft.

Along with that, the existing passenger terminal will be renovated and expanded to a capacity of 500,000 passengers/year with a construction area of ​​about 2,668 m2; total construction floor area of ​​about 4,200 m2, 2 floors, building height of about 9.5 m. The project will be implemented within 18 months upon approval by the Government.

Ca Mau Airport is currently a level 3C airport according to the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), with a runway 1,500 m long, 30 m wide, asphalt concrete structure, only ensuring the operation of ATR 72 aircraft and equivalent.

According to the planning, vision to 2050, the capacity of Ca Mau Airport will be increased to about 3 million passengers/year and 3,000 tons of cargo/year; planning a new passenger terminal in the area north of the runway to increase the airport's capacity to about 3 million passengers/year.

Localities are proactively implementing plans.

Implementing the Prime Minister's direction, Ca Mau province is urgently coordinating with relevant ministries and branches to speed up the upgrading of Ca Mau Airport.

Answering reporters' questions at the press conference and press briefing for the second quarter of 2024 on the afternoon of July 23, 2024, Mr. Trinh Thanh Sang, Deputy Director of the Department of Planning and Investment of Ca Mau province, informed about the progress of Ca Mau Airport. Accordingly, the plan to implement the construction and expansion of Ca Mau airport in the period up to 2030 is expected to take about 38 months, with specific tasks such as preparing, submitting, and approving adjustments to the detailed planning of Ca Mau Airport. In particular, the preparation of the pre-feasibility study report, submitting for approval of the investment policy is expected to take 6 months and the implementation time is 32 months from the date of approval of the investment policy (implementation time does not include site clearance time).

At present, Ca Mau province has issued a plan for investigation, survey, measurement, counting and issuance of land recovery notice. According to the plan submitted to the Ministry of Transport, Ca Mau Airport will be expanded by about 230 hectares, the number of households affected by the project is more than 1,000 households. The province is conducting measurement, counting; establishing, approving and implementing compensation, support and resettlement plans; handing over the site; handling requests, complaints, arising backlogs and results of compensation, support and resettlement work.

Ca Mau Province is determined to hand over 100% of the land to the investor to implement the project by December 31, 2024. According to the roadmap, the Ca Mau Airport upgrade project is expected to be completed by August 2025.

 

Ca Mau Airport is currently a level 3C airport according to ICAO standards, with a runway 1,500 m long, 30 m wide, asphalt concrete structure, only ensuring the operation of ATR 72 aircraft and equivalent.

According to the planning for the 2021 - 2030 period, the aircraft parking area south of the runway will accommodate about four parking positions. The airport will upgrade the existing passenger terminal and maintain the location of the civil aviation area according to the approved planning. Vision to 2050, the planning of the aircraft parking area north of the runway will be synchronized with the new civil aviation area, accommodating about 10 parking positions and have reserves for expansion when needed. Vision to 2050, the planning of a new passenger terminal north of the runway will have a capacity of about 3 million passengers/year; the planning of a cargo warehouse east of the new passenger terminal will have a capacity of about 3,000 tons of cargo/year.

Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/khan-truong-nang-cap-san-bay-ca-mau.html