VietNamNet Bridge – The parking lot of HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport is designed for several hundred cars, but up to 4,000 taxis and thousands of cars go in and out of the airport every day.


Ôtô, taxi rồng rắn ra vào sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất

Tan Son Nhat was designed with a capacity of 20 million passengers a year, but it now serves 22 million visitors annually, and expects to welcome about 40 million by 2025.

 

 

 
Ôtô, taxi rồng rắn ra vào sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất

The road to the airport is frequently jammed with vehicles. The airport parking lot is sufficient for a few hundred cars, while the number of taxis is up to 4,000-5,000, not to mention private cars. During peak hours, the car park is full.

 

 

 

 
Ôtô, taxi rồng rắn ra vào sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất

According to statistics, domestic passengers to and from Tan Son Nhat Airport in the past nine months increased by 20% over the same period of 2014 and international arrivals grew by over 10%.

 

 

 
Ôtô, taxi rồng rắn ra vào sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất

 

Tan Son Nhat Airport is always packed.

 

 
Ôtô, taxi rồng rắn ra vào sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất

Cars are not allowed to park in this area for more than three minutes, but many vehicles break the rule.

 

 

 
Ôtô, taxi rồng rắn ra vào sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất

"Usually each passenger is seen out by 2-3 others, so jams occur frequently," said Pham Vu Cuong, deputy director of Tan Son Nhat airport.

 

 

 

 
Ôtô, taxi rồng rắn ra vào sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất

The parking area for motorbikes is always crowded.

 

 

 
Ôtô, taxi rồng rắn ra vào sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất

Taxis queue in long lines.

 

 

 

 
Ôtô, taxi rồng rắn ra vào sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất

At the toll gate, a long row of cars waits for their turn.

 

 

 
Ôtô, taxi rồng rắn ra vào sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất

Outside the airport, the waiting area for taxis is always crowded. The roads to the airport - Bach Dang and Hong Ha –  often have traffic jams.

 

 

 
Ôtô, taxi rồng rắn ra vào sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất

 

 

 

 
Ôtô, taxi rồng rắn ra vào sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất

Dozens of taxis park along the road.

 

 

 
Ôtô, taxi rồng rắn ra vào sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất

 

 

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Overpass proposed at Tan Son Nhat airport

The authority of Tan Son Nhat airport has proposed the city government build an overpass linking Truong Son Street and the passenger terminals of the airport to help ease

traffic congestion on nearby roads.

Statistics of the airport showed more than 30,000 vehicles move to and from the airport a day, including over 22,000 cars and 7,000 motorcycles. The total number does not

include vehicles of over 10,000 employees of the biggest international airport in Vietnam.

Traffic jams have been seen on the streets in front of the airport since end-2014, particularly since Pham Van Dong Street leading to the airport was opened to traffic.

Therefore, the airport authority has proposed constructing a flyover from Truong Son Street to the domestic and international terminals of the airport to reduce traffic

congestion on the approach streets of the airport.

The increasing number of passengers going through the airport has led traffic congestion to worsen on the streets leading to the airport. A lack of public transport links to the

airport is also to blame as there is only one bus route linking Ben Thanh Market in downtown HCMC and the airport, resulting in most people using private vehicles and taxis

to travel to the airport.

Tan Son Nhat is designed to handle 25 million passengers per year as envisaged in a new detailed zoning plan for the airport until 2020 with a vision towards 2030 approved

by the Ministry of Transport last week.

To reduce traffic congestion, the plan is envisaged developing an overpass connecting Bach Dang and Truong Son streets.

The city government is looking for funding to implement a pre-feasibility study for a two-kilometer metro line linking Cong Hoa Station of Metro Line No. 5 and Tan Son Nhat

airport. VNS
Thu Ly