The Tan Son Nhat International Airport of Ho Chi Minh City is the largest airport in Vietnam handling over 30 million passengers a year. It is also the main gateway into Vietnam having numerous international connections, more than the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi.
Tan Son Nhat Airport was a major US Air Force base in the Vietnam War. During the height of the war the airport was one of the busiest military airbases in the world. After the US forces left and the subsequent fall of the South Vietnamese government, the airport was transformed for civilian use.
A Master plan exists to build a new airport (Long Thanh International Airport) 40 km east of the city but this will not be ready before 2025.
Most flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport are to Hanoi and to Da Nang but there are many more flights to other destinations as well, most of them by Vietnam Airlines. These are the most popular destinations from Tan Son Nhat International Airport:
Hanoi (HAN)Da Nang (DAD)
Bangkok (BKKA)
Singapore (SIN)
Kuala Lumpur (XKLA)
Hong Kong (HKG)
Jakarta (JKTA)
Shanghai (SHAA)Denpasar Bali (DPS)Bangkok (BKKA)
Sydney (SYD)Brisbane (BNE)Perth (PER)
Tokyo (TYOA)
