Diên Biên Phu airport - inside, Viêtnam
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seal13
N 21° 24.064 E 103° 00.376
48Q E 293321 N 2367848
The inside part of the Diên Biên airport is quite small with 3 small shops and one single boarding room.
Waymark Code: WM178HC
Location: Vietnam
Date Posted: 01/02/2023
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Ði?n Biên Ph? Airport was established in 1954 as Mu?ng Thanh Airfield. The main purpose of it is to serve the French HQ in Ði?n Biên Ph? at the time of the First Indochina War.
4 years after the French left Ði?n Biên Ph?, in 1958, commercial flights to the airport started, operated by the Air Force, but only for a while due to the low demand at the time. In 1984, along with the 30th Anniversary of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, flights from Hanoi to Ði?n Biên Ph? resumed, operated by the Antonov An-24. In 2004, the airport's apron is extended to 12000 square meters, with 4 parking stands for ATR 72 aircraft.
It is located in the middle of a basin at an altitude of 1.611 meters above sea level. The sole runway (16/34) has a concrete surface and a length 1830 meters (6003 ft) long and width of 30 m (98.4 ft).
In 2022, there are 3 flights a Day, one to (and from) Ho Chi Minh City and 2 to (and from) Hanoi.
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