Facilities
Da Nang International Airport has two 10,000-foot (3,048 m) paved, parallel runways (17-35 orientation) capable of handling large, modern aircraft such as Boeing 747s, 767s and Airbus 320s. Traffic volume at Da Nang averages 100 to 150 flights every 24 hours. Annual traffic was circa 1.45 million in 2007 and is expected to reach four million by 2020.
A new 20,000m² terminal, priced at USD $84 million with a capacity of 4 million passengers per year, is expected to be completed by 31 December 2011, opening to receive its first domestic flight on 12 December. The feasibility study for the renovation of the airport was partially sponsored by the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), and was completed by PriceWaterhouseCoopers in 2006. The new terminal will include five boarding gates, baggage handling systems, departure and arrivals areas, flight information display system (FIDS), common user terminal equipment (CUTE), fire detection systems and comprehensive public address and security systems, including screening equipment. Additionally, one of the airport's two runways will be extended from 3,048 metres (10,000 ft) to 3,500 metres (11,483 ft). Once the project is completed—after a total investment of USD $160 million—the airport will have a total capacity of six million passengers per year.
The new terminal was put into operation on December 15, 2011.
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