What is an airport? What airports are there in Vietnam? What is the boundary of areas adjacent to airports and airfields in Vietnam?
- What is an airport? How many types of airports are there?
- What airports does Vietnam have?
- What is the boundary of areas adjacent to airports and airfields in Vietnam?
- What are the conditions for being granted an airport registration certificate in Vietnam?
- What are the regulations on opening and closure of airports and airfields in Vietnam?
What is an airport? How many types of airports are there?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 47 of the 2006 Law on Vietnam Civil Aviation stipulating airports as follows:
Airports, airfields
1. Airport is an area with specified boundaries, covering an airfield, terminals, facilities, equipment and other necessary structures used for aircraft making flights to, from and engaged in air carriage.
Airports are classified into the following categories:
a/ International airports, which serve international and domestic carriage;
b/ Domestic airports, which serve domestic carriage.
According to the above regulations, airport is an area with specified boundaries, covering an airfield, terminals, facilities, equipment and other necessary structures used for aircraft making flights to, from and engaged in air carriage.
Airports are classified into the following categories:
- International airports
- Domestic airports.
What is an airport? What airports are there in Vietnam? What is the boundary of areas adjacent to airports and airfields in Vietnam?
What airports does Vietnam have?
List of international airports in Vietnam
- Tan Son Nhat International Airport
- Noi Bai International Airport
- Danang International Airport
- Cam Ranh International Airport
- Phu Quoc International Airport
- Cat Bi international airport
- Vinh International airport
- Phu Bai International Airport
- Can Tho International Airport
List of domestic airports in Vietnam
- Dien Bien airport
- Tho Xuan airport
- Dong Hoi airport
- Tuy Hoa airport
- Chu Lai airport
- Pleiku Airport
- Lien Khuong airport
- Buon Ma Thuot airport
- Phu Cat Airport
- Rach Gia Airport
- Ca Mau airport
- Con Dao airport
What is the boundary of areas adjacent to airports and airfields in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 48 of the 2006 Law on Vietnam Civil Aviation as follows:
Areas adjacent to airports and airfields
1. Airports and airfields shall have adjacent areas to ensure safety for civil aviation activities and inhabitants in such areas.
2. The boundary of areas adjacent to an airport and airfield is eight kilometers measuring from the boundary of the airport or airfield outward.
3. People's Committees at all levels shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with airport authorities and other competent agencies in, maintaining public order, ensuring the implementation of aviation safety and security regulations; applying measures to dismantle, destroy, remove or changing the structures of constructions, facilities, equipment or other obstacles in the adjacent areas of airports and airfields which endanger the safety of air navigation; preventing law-breaking acts and applying measures to protect the environment in these adjacent areas.
According to the above regulations, the boundary of areas adjacent to an airport and airfield is eight kilometers measuring from the boundary of the airport or airfield outward.
What are the conditions for being granted an airport registration certificate in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 50 of the 2006 Law on Vietnam Civil Aviation, the conditions for being granted an airport registration certificate in Vietnam include:
- Having papers evidencing the lawful formation of the airport or airfield;
- Compliance with the approved planning on development of the system of airports and airfields;
- Having infrastructure conforming to technical standards prescribed or recognized by competent state agencies.
What are the regulations on opening and closure of airports and airfields in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 49 of the 2006 Law on Vietnam Civil Aviation (supplemented by Clause 11 Article 1 of the 2014 Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Vietnam Civil Aviation Law) on opening and closure of airports and airfields as follows:
- Opening or closure of an airport or airfield means permission or prohibition of operation of an airport or airfield under decision of a competent state agency.
- The Prime Minister shall decide on the opening of airports or airfields in line with the planning on development of airports and airfields; on the closure of airports or airfields for security and defense assurance reasons or special socio-economic reasons.
- The Minister of Transport shall decide on the temporary closure of airports and airfields in the following cases:
+ Renovation, expansion or repair of airports and airfields, which can affect the safety of air navigation;
+ Airport or airfield operation certificates are withdrawn;
+ Natural calamities, epidemics, environmental pollution, aircraft accidents and other unexpected circumstances which endanger aviation safety and security.
- When an unexpected incident occurs, in order to ensure aviation safety and security, the director of the airport authority shall decide to temporarily close the airport or airfield for no more than twenty four hours and immediately report the Minister of Transport thereon.
- The Ministry of National Defense shall decide to open or close special-use airfields after reaching agreement with the Ministry of Transport.
- Airports or airfields shall be re-opened after the above reasons terminate.
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