Tho Xuan airport is 45 kilometres away from Thanh Hoa city, central Thanh Hoa province. (Source: baothanhhoa.vn) The Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM) broke ground on the 45-metre air traffic control (ATC) tower of Tho Xuan airport in central Thanh Hoa province on October 4.
The tower is designed to provide flexible and rapid operation of ATC services and meet safety standards recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
It will be equipped with latest ATC technology, using Very-high-frequency Air/Ground (VHF), Very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT), Private Automatic Branch Exchange (PABX) and Voice Communication Control System (VCCS) among others.
The project is scheduled to be operational in early 2017 to provide both civil and military ATC services, hence facilitating the economic and tourism development of not only Thanh Hoa province but also the whole northern central region,
Tho Xuan Airport, formerly known as Sao Vang Airport, is located in Sao Vang town, Tho Xuan district, 45 kilometres away from Thanh Hoa capital city.
The airport looks to expand its capacity to 2.5 million passengers per year and handle 27,000 tonnes of goods by 2030.-VNA
