Tan Son Nhat International Airport
Ho Chi Minh City · Vietnam · Asia/Saigon
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Airport HistoryEst. 1956
Tan Son Nhat's origins trace to a small French colonial airfield of the 1920s, expanded through the 1930s and 1950s. During the Vietnam War it became one of the busiest airports in the world, hosting both military operations and commercial carriers, before its international role lapsed for nearly three decades after the 1975 Fall of Saigon. Today it is Vietnam's busiest airport, with a new Terminal 3 opened in 2025 lifting total capacity toward 50 million passengers a year.
The small airfield first built by the French colonial administration near Tan Sơn Nhứt village in the early 1920s is expanded through the 1930s.
With American assistance, a 2,190-meter runway is completed, establishing the airfield as South Vietnam's principal international gateway.
Between 1968 and 1974, Tan Son Nhut becomes one of the busiest airports/airbases in the world, with the US Air Force and Republic of Vietnam Air Force operating alongside commercial service, including Pan Am 747 flights to San Francisco and Continental Airlines charters.
Following the Fall of Saigon in April, the airport's international commercial status lapses for nearly three decades amid reunification and the subsequent US trade embargo.
United Airlines becomes the first US carrier to resume service to the airport since 1975, in December.
A new international terminal opens in December with capacity for 10 million passengers a year.
Terminal 3, built for 20 million annual passengers, opens in April, lifting the airport's total capacity to roughly 50 million passengers a year.
Wikipedia (Tan Son Nhat International Airport / Tan Son Nhut Air Base) and the Saigoneer historical feature. The exact founding year of the original 1920s French airfield is approximate across sources reviewed and should be treated with some caution.