Nha Trang getting there
There are two airpots in Nha Trang: city airport and Cam Ranh (an old US Air Force base). The one in the city centre was closed May 16th 2005 and now is used only for military purpose. It is a pitty, because it is located just in the centre of Nha Trang, oposite many hotels and oposite the beach.
Cam Ranh airport is situated 30km south of Nha Trang city. It is linked to Nha Trang by the National Highway #1 (40 Km) or the new Pacific Coast highway (30 Km). Until 1970s it was used by United States Air Force for military purpose and later by Russians until 2002. It was open in 2004 for the first time for commercial national flights. The first commercial flight from Hanoi landed at Cam Ranh on May 19, 2004. And since December 2009 Cam Ranh started operating also international flights. Singapore's air carrier SilkAir plane was the first international flight to Cam Ranh.
Only in 2009 there were 700,000 passangers and among them 385,000 foreigners. Cam Ranh has a single runway considered to be the longest runway in Vietnam. Cam Ranh has a new terminal that can accommodate 800 passengers per hour during peak times (including 200 international ones). The new terminal is a two-storey building and features waiting areas for both business and economy class passengers, canteen, registration areas and a souvenir shop.
Authorities plan to build another runway by 2020, increasing its annual capacity to 5.5 million passengers and 100,000 tonnes of cargo.
Vietnam Airlines is expected to launch a direct route from Incheon (the Republic of Korea) to Cam Ranh
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