# Da Nang International Airport (DAD)

> Da Nang, VN · IATA: DAD · ICAO: VVDN · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `DAD` |
| ICAO | `VVDN` |
| City | Da Nang |
| Country | VN |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 10 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 16.04390, 108.19900 |

## Description

Central Vietnam's cargo gateway is running well beyond its design limits: Da Nang International (DAD/VVDN) handled 41,561 tonnes of air freight in 2025, up 21 percent year on year and more than two and a half times the capacity of the existing cargo terminal. The country's third-busiest airport sits on the central coast between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, is operated by the state-owned Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), and serves as a secondary hub for Vietnam Airlines. ACV broke ground in the fourth quarter of 2025 on a new 2.46-hectare cargo terminal costing roughly USD 24 million, due for completion in the fourth quarter of 2026 and sized for 100,000 tonnes a year, a level planners expect to reach around 2030. The international passenger terminal T1 is being expanded at the same time and the northern airport area developed, so forwarders should plan for constrained warehouse and handling space during the works. Volumes rely heavily on belly capacity aboard international passenger services; scheduled freighter operations and named handling agents could not be confirmed from primary sources at this update. Seafood and electronics components from central Vietnam dominate exports, both sensitive to cold-chain integrity and short dwell times. Landside connections are genuinely multimodal - the Tien Sa deep-sea port is close by, alongside the North-South railway and the Da Nang-Quang Ngai expressway - and overflow traffic routes via Tan Son Nhat (SGN) or Noi Bai (HAN).

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