Noi Bai International Airport

Noi Bai International is the main airport for Hanoi and the largest airport in northern Vietnam, handling more than 25M passengers in 2024 — second in the country after Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat (SGN). Located in Soc Son District about 27 km (17 mi) north of central Hanoi at just 39 ft (12 m) elevation, HAN is the principal air gateway to the Red River Delta and, by extension, one of the two air entry points for Vietnam's foreign direct investment boom, driven by electronics manufacturing in Bac Ninh, Thai Nguyen, and Hai Phong. The airport is a home base for Vietnam Airlines, which concentrates much of its long-haul fleet here, alongside the fast-growing low-cost carriers VietJet Air, Bamboo Airways, and Vietravel Airlines. In total 61 airlines run 182 scheduled routes to 90 destinations. Domestic trunk volume to Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang is among the densest city-pair traffic in Asia, while international reach covers all major East and Southeast Asian hubs — Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur — plus nonstops to Paris, Frankfurt, London, Doha, and Dubai. HAN operates two parallel runways: a 12,466 ft (3,800 m) primary (11R/29L) and a 10,499 ft (3,200 m) secondary (11L/29R), together capable of handling the full widebody fleet including 777s, 787s, A350s, and occasional A380 charter movements. Two terminals — T1 for domestic service and the Japanese-financed T2 for international traffic, opened in 2015 — split operations, and a third terminal and third runway have been committed as part of the master plan to accommodate projected growth to over 60M passengers annually.