📋 Tender Overview
The project involves the construction of an airport to handle 3 million passengers per annum on 371ha of land in Lao Cai, Vietnam.
The airport coming up in Bao Yen District, less than two hours from the tourist town Sa Pa, Construction work started in Q2 2022 and is expected to be completed in Q4 2030.
It is a 4C standard airport designed to serve for both civil and military use and will be able to receive A320, A321, and equivalent aircraft.
Approved by in late October, Sa Pa airport has a total investment of nearly 7 trillion VND (306.54 million USD), of which 2.7 trillion VND comes from the State budget.
The first phase of the 370-ha airport is scheduled to be completed before 2025, serving 1.5 million passengers each year.
The construction of Sapa Airport in the northern province of Lao Cai is to be implemented under public-private partnership.
The 295-hectare airport, located in Cam Con commune, Bao Yen district, will feature a 2,400-meter-long and 45-meter-wide runway to handle mid-sized aircraft like the Airbus A320 and A321.
The project also includes constructing a 298.5-meter-long and 23-meter-wide taxiway, the airport apron to serve six mid-sized aircraft, and a 43.1-meter-high air traffic control station.
Passenger terminal 1 will be developed over 12,161 square meters to serve 1.5 million passengers per year, and 600 passengers per peak hour. Once the first phase completes, the second phase will commence after 2028 on an area of 75.8 hectares to complete the construction items needed to enhance the airport's capacity to 3 million passengers per year.
Previous Event:
Oct-2020. Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung requested Lao Cai's government complete an updated pre-feasibility study for the Sapa Airport project following ministry feedback.
November 2019: The Ministry of Transport has approved of the project planning to build Sa Pa Airport in Lao Cai Province, along the Hai Phong-Hanoi-Lao Cai economic corridor.
Nov-2019. Vietnam's Government approved plans to develop Sapa Airport in Lao Cai Province's northern highlands. The airport will have an initial capacity of three million passengers p/a. The central government will contribute around 52% of the airport's total investment, estimated to be USD254 million.
