# Chu Lai Airport (VCL / VVCA)

**Chu Lai Airport** (IATA: VCL, ICAO: VVCA) is a small airport in Tam Nghĩa, South Central Coast Region, Vietnam. It opened on 22 Mar 2005. It has one runway, 3,050 m (10,007 ft) long, asphalt. In 2017 it handled 673 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvca

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VCL / VVCA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Tam Nghĩa, South Central Coast Region, Vietnam
- Opened: 22 Mar 2005 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 3 m / 10 ft
- Coordinates: 15.4033, 108.7060
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,050 m / 10,007 ft
- Passengers: 673,000 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
- Website: https://www.vietnamairport.vn/chulaiairport/en/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_Lai_Airport (34 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1406198
- Ident: VVCA

## Timeline

- 22 Mar 2005: Chu Lai Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 53,753 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 50,974 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 40,198 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 154,549 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 553,285 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 673,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [SGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvts.md) Tan Son Nhat International Airport · Vietnam · 556 km / 345 mi · Pacific Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air
- [HAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvnb.md) Noi Bai International Airport · Vietnam · 716 km / 445 mi · Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from VCL, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- VJ [VietJet Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vietjet-air) · 2
- VN [Vietnam Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vietnam-airlines) · 2
- BL [Pacific Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pacific-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 673K (2017) | #981 of 3,974 | #308 in Asia | #16 in VN |
| Longest runway | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | =997 of 29,858 | =302 in Asia | =10 in VN |
| Elevation | 3 m / 10 ft | =42,364 of 43,403 | =3,082 in Asia | #30 in VN |
| Age | Opened 2005 | =12,076 of 15,079 | =596 in Asia | #20 in VN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =7 in VN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.250 |

## Nearby airports

- [DAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvdn.md) Da Nang International Airport · 90 km / 56 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Chu Lai Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chu_Lai_Airport&oldid=1367829137), revision of 5 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvca/data