The central gateway
An important aviation hub for the central region and the highlands.

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The aviation gateway of central Vietnam — connecting an energetic coastal city, a major tourism centre, and the widening trade network of the central region and the highlands.
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| Airport codes | DAD / VVDN |
| Serves | Da Nang and the central region |
| Distance | ~3 km to the centre |
| Standing | The largest gateway in central Vietnam |
The aviation gateway of the central region and the highlands. An urban airport, close to the centre, with a high tempo of connections. An important aviation contact point for tourism and trade in the centre.
Da Nang is one of the best-placed airports in Vietnam, sitting very close to the city centre. That makes the journey quick and easy, and it sharpens the airport's role as a direct gateway for tourism, trade and international exchange in this coastal city.
An important aviation hub for the central region and the highlands.
A short distance that gives a rare advantage in the experience of travelling.
Bound closely to Da Nang's role as a centre of tourism and commerce.
The third busiest airport in Vietnam by passenger numbers, according to published sources.
Described as the largest airport in the central region and the highlands.
Its position very close to the centre is one of the airport's defining features.
Passenger numbers for 2023 according to public sources.
An important connecting hub for the central region across the domestic and international networks.
A regional gateway: serving Da Nang and the central region and highlands.
Strongly connected: it carries a large share of tourist, business and trade traffic.
An airport in the city: sitting very close to the urban fabric of Da Nang.
The domestic and international structure reflects the airport's modern development.
T1: the domestic terminal, handling most travel within Vietnam.
T2: the international terminal, adding capacity for Da Nang's international passengers.
The experience: made considerably easier by how close the airport is to the city centre.
An important part of the experience of arriving in Da Nang, Hoi An and the central region.
Coastal tourism: a key aviation destination for a prominent seaside city.
Regional links: it opens up many destinations across the centre from a single gateway.
The picture: the first contact many visitors have with Da Nang.
Da Nang is one of Vietnam's important aviation gateways, with domestic and international connections that matter a great deal to tourism, trade and regional exchange.
Da Nang airport played an important part in the region's aviation history well before its later phase of modern civil development.
The terminal infrastructure continued to be upgraded, letting the airport meet growing domestic and international demand.
The international terminal entered service, raising Da Nang's international standing as a major destination.
Passenger numbers reached about 12.9 million, showing the scale of the airport's operations within Vietnam's aviation system.
A gateway close to the centre, richly connected, and bound to the tourism, the trade and the modern face of this coastal city.
The airport is DAD in IATA and VVDN in ICAO.
According to public sources, the airport is about 3 km from the centre of Da Nang.
It is the largest airport in the central region and the highlands, and one of Vietnam's important aviation gateways.
The airport operates a domestic terminal and an international terminal for its two main passenger flows.
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