Nha Trang Air Base

Nha Trang Air Base
Part of Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) Pacific Air Forces (USAF)
Nha Trang Air Base, South Vietnam, June 1968
Coordinates	12°13′39″N 109°11′33″E / 12.22750°N 109.19250°E / 12.22750; 109.19250 (Nha Trang AB)
Type	Air Force Base
Site information
Controlled by	Vietnam People's Air Force  South Vietnamese Air Force   United States Air Force
Condition	Seized 1975 by PAVN, later used as a military airfield/civil airport. Now closed, although occasionally used by VPAF
Site history
Built	1949
In use	1949-1975
Battles/wars	Vietnam War
Garrison information
Garrison	14th Special Operations Wing (USAF)

Airfield information
IATA: NHA ICAO: VVNT
Summary
Elevation AMSL	6 m / 20 ft
Coordinates	12°13′39″N 109°11′34″E / 12.22750°N 109.19278°E / 12.22750; 109.19278Coordinates: 12°13′39″N 109°11′34″E / 12.22750°N 109.19278°E / 12.22750; 109.19278
Map
NHA Location of the airport in Vietnam
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 1,951 6,401 Asphalt

 Vietnam People's Air Force
 South Vietnamese Air Force

Nha Trang Air Base (IATA: NHA, ICAO: VVNT) is a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) (Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam) military airfield in Vietnam. It is located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) northwest of Nha Trang in Khánh Hòa Province.

The airfield was opened in 1949 by the Colonial French government of Indochina as Base Aerienne 194 (BA 194). By mid-1951 Nha Trang was the center for the Air Force Military Training School for Vietnamese pilots. In November 1955, it became the South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) military academy. (Tactical Base No. 1 "Chiến thuật cơ bản số 1"). The United States Air Force used the base during the Vietnam War as a special operations base in the late 1960s, and it was a tactical base of the VNAF.