# Dien Bien Phu Airport (DIN / VVDB)

**Dien Bien Phu Airport** (IATA: DIN, ICAO: VVDB) is a medium airport in Dien Bien Phu, Northwest Region, Vietnam. It has one runway, 2,400 m (7,874 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Airports Corporation of Vietnam. In 2017 it handled 70 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DIN / VVDB
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Corporation of Vietnam
- Serves: Dien Bien Phu, Northwest Region, Vietnam
- Elevation: 491 m / 1,611 ft
- Coordinates: 21.3975, 103.0080
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,400 m / 7,874 ft
- Passengers: 70,486 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Bangkok
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dien_Bien_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1654720
- Ident: VVDB

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Concrete | 156° / 336° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 73,372 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 74,272 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 81,564 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 70,302 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 70,486 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [HAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvnb.md) Noi Bai International Airport · Vietnam · 291 km / 181 mi · Vietnam Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- VN [Vietnam Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vietnam-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 70K (2017) | #1,940 of 3,974 | #624 in Asia | #20 in VN |
| Longest runway | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | =2,846 of 29,858 | =882 in Asia | =20 in VN |
| Elevation | 491 m / 1,611 ft | =11,183 of 43,403 | #845 in Asia | #6 in VN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =7 in VN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [SQH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvns.md) Na San Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [PCQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pcq.md) Boun Neau Airport · 118 km / 73 mi
- [ODY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vlos.md) Oudomsay Airport · 132 km / 82 mi
- [VLNK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vlnk.md) Nongkhang airport · 140 km / 87 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: “Dien Bien Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dien_Bien_Airport&oldid=1363032631), revision of 7 Jul 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/vvdb/data