Wattay International Airport

Wattay International Airport ສະໜາມບິນສາກົນວັດໄຕ ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติวัตไต
IATA: VTE – ICAO: VLVT
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public/Civil Aviation Authority
Operator	Military of Laos
Location	Vientiane, Laos
Hub for	Lao Air Lao Airlines Lao Central Airlines
Elevation AMSL	564 ft / 172 m
Coordinates	17°59′18″N 102°33′48″E / 17.98833°N 102.56333°ECoordinates: 17°59′18″N 102°33′48″E / 17.98833°N 102.56333°E
Map
VTE Location of airport in Laos
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 9,843 3,000 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passenger movements ? Airfreight movements in tonnes ? Aircraft movements ?

Wattay International Airport (IATA: VTE, ICAO: VLVT) is one of the few international airports in Laos. It is located 3 km (2 mi) outside of the city centre of its capital, Vientiane. The airport consists of an old and small domestic terminal and a new international terminal. There is a military (air force) installation at one end of the airport. It is a base for Lao Air Force.

The airport is in Sikhodtabong District in Vientiane.^[1]

The head office of the Department of Civil Aviation is on the airport property.^[2] The head office of Lao Air is on the airport property.^[3] Lao Airlines is revising flying to Yangon.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
AirAsia	Kuala Lumpur–International
Bangkok Airways	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
Cambodia Angkor Air	Phnom Penh
China Eastern Airlines	Kunming, Nanning
Jin Air	Seoul-Incheon
Lao Skyway	Sam Neua, Sayaboury
Lao Airlines	Ban Houayxay, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Busan, Changsha, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Kunming, Louang Namtha, Luang Prabang, Oudomxay, Pakse, Phnom Penh (Suspended), Savannakhet, Sayaboury, Seoul-Incheon, Singapore, Xieng Khouang
SilkAir	Singapore
T'way Airlines	Seoul-Incheon
Thai AirAsia	Bangkok-Don Mueang
Thai Airways	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
Vietnam Airlines	Hanoi, Phnom Penh

Facilities

• Banks
• Bars
• Restaurants
• Duty-free shop
• Post office
• Shops
• Internet café

The airport has a bonded warehouse building for air cargo passing through the airport. The facility is operated by Lao-Japan Airport Terminal Building Service Co. Ltd.

Ground transportation

Access to airport by taxi, car and tuk-tuk. A taxi rank is located outside the main arrival hall.

Accidents and incidents

• On 24 March 1976, Douglas C-47A Skytrain XW-TAF and C-47Bs XW-TDF and XW-TDR of Royal Air Lao were damaged beyond economic repair in a storm.^[4][5][6]
• On 16 October 2013, Lao Airlines Flight 301 Crashed on approach to Paxe airport from Vientiane.

References

1. "Contact Lao Central Airines." [sic] (Archive) Lao Central Airlines. Retrieved on 21 October 2013. "International Airport, Ban Arkard, Sikhodtabong District, Vientiane Lao PDR"
2. "Laos" (Archive). Federal Aviation Administration. p. 2/10. "Ministry of Public Works and Transport Department of Civil Aviation Vientiane/Wattay International Airport P.O. Box 119 Vientiane, Lao PDR."
3. "Contact Us." Lao Air. Retrieved on 19 September 2010. "Lao Air Company Asiane Road, Ban Akat, Wattay Airport"
4. "XW-TAF Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
5. "XW-TDF Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
6. "XW-TDR Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 August 2010.

External links

Media related to Wattay International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Laos Travel Information Portal
• Vientiane Airport Guide
• Airport information for VLVT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.