# Cam Ranh International Airport

Cam Ranh International Airport (IATA: CXR, ICAO: VVCR) is located on Cam Ranh Bay in Cam Ranh, a provincial city in Khánh Hòa province in Vietnam. It serves the city of Nha Trang, the capital of Khánh Hòa province, which is 30 km (16 NM) from the airport. This airport handled 9,747,172 passengers in 2019, making it the fourth busiest airport in Vietnam, after Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da Nang, and one of the fastest growing airports in the country.
Cam Ranh is the only airport in Vietnam that handles more international passengers than domestic passengers, with international passengers accounting for 70% in 2018.
Cam Ranh Terminal 1 is used for domestic flights and Cam Ranh Terminal 2 (managed by Cam Ranh International Terminal (CRTC) JSC) is used for international flights.

## Facilities
### Runway

The airport resides at an elevation of 40 feet (12 m) above mean sea level. The first runway, designated 02L/20R, whasith a concrete surface measuring 10,000 by 150 feet (3,048 m × 46 m). The second runway, designated 02R/20L, was opened in October 2019 with a concrete surface measuring 10,000 by 150 feet (3,048 m × 46 m).

### Terminal 1

A new passenger terminal of Cam Ranh International Airport started construction in 2007 and was inaugurated on 12 December 2009. The terminal covers an area of 14,000 square metres (150,000 sq ft) with a capacity of 800 passengers (600 domestic and 200 international) per hour. It has two aerobridges. The terminal was upgraded between 2015 and 2016, increasing its capacity from 1.5 million to the maximum of 2.7 million passengers which initiated the plan from Khanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee and the Vietnam Airlines Corporation for a new terminal to be built in order to meet the increasing demand of passengers.

### Terminal 2

Terminal 2, which is built by Turner Construction Company was inaugurated and started the operation in 30 June 2018. T2 covers a total area of 50,500 square metres (544,000 sq ft), a three-storey terminal which has dedicated levels for departure and arrival processing. The terminal building has a unique architecture inspired by the shape of a swallow's nest, native to the Khanh Hoa Province, and the waves of Nha Trang Bay - a signature representation of the South Central Coast. T2 has four aerobridges, 10 boarding gates, six baggage carousels, 80 check-in counters arranged in four rows as well as advanced equipment systems supplied by prestigious international companies.

## Airlines and destinations

Cam Ranh was the fourth busiest airport in Vietnam in 2012; it served 1.2 million passengers.
| Airlines | Destinations |
| Aero Nomad Airlines | Bishkek (begins 27 February 2025) |
| Aeroflot | Moscow–Sheremetyevo (begins 22 March 2025) |
| Aero K | Seoul–Incheon |
| AirAsia | Kuala Lumpur–International |
| Air Astana | Almaty (begins 31 March 2025), Astana (begins 1 April 2025) |
| Air Busan | Busan, Seoul–Incheon |
| Air Seoul | Seoul–Incheon |
| Asiana Airlines | Seoul–Incheon |
| Azur Air | Seasonal charter: Barnaul (begins 1 April 2025), Blagoveshchensk (begins 26 March 2025), Irkutsk, Khabarovsk (begins 24 March 2025), Novosibirsk (begins 22 March 2025), Krasnoyarsk-International (begins 21 March 2025), Tomsk, Vladivostok (begins 2 April 2025) |
| Bamboo Airways | Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City Charter: Macau |
| Cambodia Airways | Charter: Haikou |
| China Southern Airlines | Guangzhou |
| Donghai Airlines | Shenzhen |
| Eastar Jet | Seoul–Incheon |
| Hainan Airlines | Guangzhou, Shenzhen |
| HK Express | Hong Kong (resumes 3 April 2025) |
| IrAero | Irkutsk |
| Jeju Air | Seoul–Incheon Seasonal: Muan |
| Jin Air | Busan, Seoul–Incheon |
| Korean Air | Seoul–Incheon |
| Lucky Air | Kunming |
| Okay Airways | Changsha |
| Pacific Airlines | Changsha, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Muan, Vinh, Wuhan |
| Qanot Sharq | Tashkent |
| Qingdao Airlines | Qingdao |
| Sichuan Airlines | Chengdu–Tianfu, Guangzhou, Xining |
| Sunday Airlines | Seasonal charter: Almaty, Yekaterinburg |
| Thai AirAsia | Bangkok–Don Mueang |
| T'way Air | Busan, Cheongju, Daegu, Seoul–Incheon |
| Uzbekistan Airways | Tashkent |
| VietJet Air | Busan, Can Tho, Changchun, Changzhou, Chongqing, Daegu, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jinan, Nanjing, Quanzhou, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tianjin, Ulaanbaatar, Vinh, Wuxi Seasonal: Almaty, Astana Charter: Macau, Yangyang |
| Vietnam Airlines | Beijing–Capital, Busan (begins 1 June 2025), Hai Phong, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hohhot, Nanjing, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Singapore, Tianjin, Vinh, Wuxi Seasonal: Guiyang, Hangzhou, Kunming, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Wuhan Charter: Changzhou, Dalian, Harbin, Shenyang, Taiyuan Seasonal charter: Changchun |
| Vietravel Airlines | Charter: Daegu, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City |

## Statistics

Sources: Airport, ACV³
| Year | Total | International |
| 2008 | 683,000 | |
| 2009 | | |
| 2010 | | |
| 2011 | 1,000,000 | |
| 2012 | 1,095,776 | |
| 2013 | 1,509,212 | |
| 2014 | 2,062,494 | |
| 2015 | 2,722,833 | 889,820 |
| 2016 | 4,858,362 | 2,244,786 |
| 2017 | 6,400,000 | 3,650,903 |
| 2018 | 8,250,000 | 5,211,987 |
| 2019 | 9,747,172 | 6,500,000 |
| 2020 | 3,305,057 | |
| 2021 | 972,817 | 17,963 |
| 2022 | 3,860,541 | 335,118 |
| 2023 | 5,700,000 | 2,400,000 |