Cat Bi International Airport
Cat Bi International Airport Cảng hàng không quốc tế Cát Bi | |||||||||||
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Coordinates | 20°49′09″N 106°43′29″E / 20.81917°N 106.72472°E | ||||||||||
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Cat Bi International Airport (
History
First Indochina War
During the war Cat Bi Air Base was used by
- Group de Chasse 2/22 Languedoc equipped with the F8F Bearcat
- Bomber Squadron 1/19 Gascogne equipped with the B-26 Invader
- Bomber Squadron 1/25 Tunisie equipped with the B-26
The base was also used by French Naval Aviation (Aéronavale), units based there included:
- Flotille 28F equipped with the PB4Y-2 Privateer[3]
- the air groups of the Arromanches and Bois Belleau
On 14 November 1953 the
On the night of 6/7 March 1954 the
On 9 March 1954 civilian pilots from the CIA-backed Civil Air Transport (CAT) arrived at Cat Bi to begin flying C-119s, they began flying cargo missions on 12 March.[4]: 110 Cat Bi-based CAT aircraft flew a total of 682 missions in support of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu between 13 March and 6 May 1954.[6]
On 22 May 1954 the 483d Troop Carrier Wing maintenance detachment at Cat Bi relocated to Tourane Air Base.[4]: 149
Vietnam War
During the war the base was used by the Vietnam People's Air Force. On 9 January and 10 February 1968 United States jets attacked the base.[7]
On 26 August 1972 during Operation Linebacker U.S. Navy jets bombed the base.[8]
In early 1973 U.S. C-130 aircraft flew into Cat Bi to deliver minesweeping equipment as part of Operation End Sweep.[9]
Expansion
Vietnam has announced a new master plan to upgrade the airport with a 3,050-meter second runway, a new terminal, and a new apron by 2015. The existing runway will also be upgraded. After the expansion, the airport will be capable of serving up to 4–5 million passengers a year.[10] The first phase of the project was completed in May 2016, enabling this airport a capacity of 2 million passengers per year.
The new terminal and new runway were opened on 12 May 2016. The airport can serve the
Airlines and destinations
See also
Notes
- Cat Bi International Airport became international airport from 00:01 of 11 May 2016.[2]
- Ready for new international flight to Guangzhou, China at the end of Apr
References
- ^ "Tình hình Vận tải hàng hóa và hành khách tháng 12/2018". Haiphonginfo. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Cảng hàng không Cát Bi là cảng hàng không quốc tế". CAAV. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ISBN 9781780222479.
- ^ a b c d Williams, Kenneth (2019). The US Air Force in Southeast Asia and the Vietnam War A Narrative Chronology Volume I: The Early Years through 1959 (PDF). Air Force History and Museums Program. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ISBN 9781588369802.
- ^ "A Look Back ... Earthquake McGoon's Final Flight". Central Intelligence Agency. 16 July 2009. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "Air base near Haiphong hit by U.S. jets". Chicago Tribune. 10 February 1968.
- ^ "Heavy U.S. air raids strike at Haiphong". The New York Times. 28 August 1972. p. 1.
- ^ "By Sea, Air, and Land Chapter 4: Winding Down the War, 1968 - 1973". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "Vietnam releases master plan for Haiphong Airport | CAPA". centreforaviation.com.
- ^ "Bamboo Airways đẩy mạnh hoạt động kết nối du lịch Đắk Lắk đầu năm 2020". Báo Sài Gòn Giải Phóng. 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Từ ngày 05 tháng 8 năm 2020, Bamboo Airways mở thêm 4 đường bay kết nối Cần Thơ". CAAV (in Vietnamese). 4 August 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "Nhiều cơ hội, lắm thách thức khi Bamboo Airways bay thẳng tới Côn Đảo". Vietnambiz (in Vietnamese). 14 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "Bamboo Airways launches Hai Phong service from June 2019". Routesonline.
- ^ "Bamboo Airways mở bán vé đường bay Hải Phòng đi Quy Nhơn, TP Hồ Chí Minh, Cần Thơ". kinhtedothi.vn. 2 May 2019.
- ^ "Ruili Airlines adds Hai Phong service from late-Sep 2019". Routesonline.
- ^ a b c "Vietjet Air Adds New Domestic Routes from May 2016". airlineroute. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "VietJet Air schedules new domestic routes from mid-June 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Vietjet Air adds Haiphong International flights from Dec 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Vietnam Airlines sắp mở 6 đường bay mới". Vietnambiz (in Vietnamese). June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "Vietnam Airlines tiếp tục mở rộng mạng bay nội địa". Vietnam Airlines (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ "Vietnam Airlines đồng loạt mở thêm nhiều đường bay nội địa mới". Vietnam Airlines (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 1 June 2020.