TulipGarden9: LONG THANH AIRPORT - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

LONG THANH AIRPORT - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Vietnam's biggest infrastructure project just got a hard deadline

The Basics

40km east of Ho Chi Minh City · Dong Nai Province

Replacing chronic congestion at Tan Son Nhat

Where It Stands Right Now

74% complete · 9,000 workers on site

$2.4B of work delivered · $16B total investment

Runway

· Control Tower

· Terminal — final stretch

Capacity When It Opens

Opening day → 2.6M passengers/year

End of 2027 → 15M passengers/year

Full build-out → 100M passengers/year

(One of the largest airports in Southeast Asia)

Timeline

Sep 2025 — First calibration flight

Dec 2025 — Ceremonial technical opening

Q3 2026 — Construction completion

Q4 2026 — Commercial operations begin

PM personally set Q4 2026 as the hard deadline

Getting There From HCMC

HCMC–Long Thanh–Dau Giay Expressway

Ring Road 3 → May 2026

Future metro: Bến Thành–Suối Tiên → Airport

What This Means For You

All long-haul flights to Europe · USA · Middle East · India moving from Tan Son Nhat → Long Thanh

Tan Son Nhat keeps Southeast Asian regional routes only.

Your next international flight departs from Long Thanh. Plan accordingly.

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