Phu Cat Airport Sân bay Phù Cát |
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Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
Operator | Middle Airport Authority | ||||||||||
Serves | Qui Nhơn | ||||||||||
Location | Phù Cát District | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 24 m / 79 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 13°57′18″N 109°02′32″E / 13.95500°N 109.04222°ECoordinates: 13°57′18″N 109°02′32″E / 13.95500°N 109.04222°E | ||||||||||
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Location of the airport in Vietnam | |||||||||||
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Phu Cat Airport (IATA: UIH, ICAO: VVPC) (Vietnamese: Sân bay Phù Cát) is the airport serving Qui Nhơn, Vietnam. It is in Phù Cát District between the towns of Ngo May and Đập Đá, around 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Qui Nhơn within Bình Định Province along the South Central Coast of Vietnam.
As well as being a commercial airport, Phu Cat is also used by the Vietnamese Air Force (Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam).
Phù Cát Airport was built in 1966 during the Vietnam War by the United States Air Force (USAF). During the war, it was a major air base for the South Vietnamese Air Force and USAF. After 1975, it was used as a military airfield for the Vietnamese Air Force (Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam), and developed into a regional civil airport.