Chu Lai International Airport to become international air logistics service centre

DNHN - Prime Minister approves Chu Lai International Airport Planning, to be invested in and built to a scale of 4F airport, an industrial centre - air logistics services, a flight training and instruction centre.

According to the Quang Nam Province Planning for the 2021 - 2030 period, with a vision to 2050 approved by the Prime Minister, Chu Lai International Airport will become an international aviation industry - service centre with passenger, cargo, and air logistics transportation activities; a flight training and instruction centre. Chu Lai International Airport will be invested in and built to a scale of 4F airport.

At the same time, this airport will be a centre for repairing and maintaining all types of aircraft, producing spare parts for the aviation industry; linked to the duty-free zone and high-tech industrial parks, forming a centre for producing, manufacturing, and processing high-tech, high-value products, importing and exporting by air.

Regarding the development plan for the transport network, the Quang Nam Province Planning identifies that the province’s strategic transport infrastructure system will be developed synchronously with 5 types of transport including roads, railways, inland waterways, seaways, and airways in a modern direction, in line with the national planning orientation.

Ensuring intra-regional and inter-regional connectivity along the coastal economic corridors, and the East-West economic corridor, connecting synchronously with the whole country and internationally. Taking the transport hubs of Quang Nam airport and seaport, the Nam Giang International border gate as the focal point; upgrading and expanding the national highways connecting East-West according to the plan and completing the North-South connecting axes, the connecting axes serving the functional areas in the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone.

At the same time, forming a key transport network linking the region from the plains to the mountains, seamlessly connecting the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone with the Nam Giang International Border Gate Economic Zone, the Central Highlands region, and other countries along the East-West international corridor.

The plan also identifies that the provincial road system will be upgraded and expanded, linking economic corridors, economic zones, and urban areas; and developing inter-district connecting county roads to be upgraded to provincial roads. Building bridges across the Truong Giang and Co Co rivers with modern technology, and unique architecture in harmony with the coastal urban landscape and promoting tourism development.

Regarding railways, the railway station system will be developed in conjunction with the railway lines through the province according to the national railway plan, the existing North-South railway line, the North-South high-speed railway line, and the Da Nang-Central Highlands railway line.

Researching investment in 2 urban railway lines connecting to the Da Nang City urban railway network, including the line connecting from Chu Lai International Airport and the line connecting from Hoi An City.

Regarding seaports, the new Cua Lo channel will be invested in, connecting to the Tam Hiep, Tam Hoa, and Tam Giang port areas, ensuring the reception of ships with a tonnage of up to 50,000 DWT in conjunction with the duty-free zone, industrial park, airport, railway station; forming a multimodal logistics centre.

The plan also guides the gradual investment in dredging the channels of the Co Co, Truong Giang, and Thu Bon rivers, exploiting inland waterway transport in the North-South, East-West directions, connecting with the islands in the Quang Nam, Quang Ngai area and the Da Nang - Hoi An - Duy Hai, Duy Nghia - Binh Minh - Tam Ky - Nui Thanh tourist areas and urban areas.

Trong Tam