# Pleiku Airport (PXU / VVPK)

**Pleiku Airport** (IATA: PXU, ICAO: VVPK) is a medium airport in Pleiku, Central Highlands Region, Vietnam. It opened in 1962. It has one runway, 2,400 m (7,874 ft) long, asphalt. In 2018 it handled 720 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PXU / VVPK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Pleiku, Central Highlands Region, Vietnam
- Opened: 1962
- Elevation: 742 m / 2,434 ft
- Coordinates: 14.0045, 108.0170
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,400 m / 7,874 ft
- Passengers: 720,000 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiku_Airport (56 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151846
- Weather station: VVPK · WMO 48866
- Ident: VVPK

## Timeline

- 1962: Pleiku Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 091° / 271° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 319,833 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 319,994 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 300,471 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 237,564 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 797,509 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 753,784 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 720,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [DAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvdn.md) Da Nang International Airport · Vietnam · 228 km / 142 mi · Bamboo Airways
- [SGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvts.md) Tan Son Nhat International Airport · Vietnam · 384 km / 239 mi · Pacific Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Bamboo Airways, VietJet Air
- [HPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvci.md) Cat Bi International Airport · Vietnam · 770 km / 478 mi · Bamboo Airways, VietJet Air
- [HAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvnb.md) Noi Bai International Airport · Vietnam · 836 km / 519 mi · Vietnam Airlines, Bamboo Airways, VietJet Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- QH [Bamboo Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bamboo-airways) · 4
- VJ [VietJet Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vietjet-air) · 3
- 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 | 720K (2018) | #949 of 3,974 | #301 in Asia | #14 in VN |
| Longest runway | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | =2,846 of 29,858 | =882 in Asia | =20 in VN |
| Elevation | 742 m / 2,434 ft | =7,166 of 43,403 | #596 in Asia | #2 in VN |
| Age | Opened 1962 | =4,898 of 15,079 | =283 in Asia | #14 in VN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =7 in VN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [UIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvpc.md) Phu Cat Airport · 111 km / 69 mi
- [RBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vdrk.md) Ratanakiri Airport · 115 km / 72 mi
- [BMV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvbm.md) Buon Ma Thuot Airport · 149 km / 93 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Pleiku Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pleiku_Airport&oldid=1363071895), 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/vvpk/data