The $836M passenger terminal at Phu Quoc International Airport is 95% complete on its concrete structure, with steel framing at 70%. The April 2026 opening targets readiness for APEC 2027 delegation flights.
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The new passenger terminal at Phu Quoc International Airport is about 95% complete on its reinforced concrete structure, with steel framing at 70% and masonry and plastering at 80%, project officials said. Work has shifted to architectural finishing, technical infrastructure, and equipment installation on the $836 million project, which broke ground in September 2025.
Designed as a phoenix wing, the terminal is scheduled to begin operations next April, well ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Week in November 2027. The roof system, one of the most complex parts of the build, requires nearly 33,000 tons of steel. Its largest span stretches 72 meters. Project management officials cited the roof's layered feather-like design as a particular engineering challenge.
Inside the terminal, a five-level baggage handling system is about 50% complete. System testing is set to start Aug. 20. More than 6,000 engineers and laborers are working three shifts, four teams around the clock to keep to the schedule.
Contractors are installing a unitized curtain-wall system with glass panels measuring roughly 2 by 3 meters and weighing 400 to 500 kilograms each. The glass is imported and processed at a local workshop on the island. Early installation averaged 20 panels per day, coordination improvements have pushed that to 30 to 40 panels daily.
The runway lighting system on the second runway, which spans 3.3 kilometers, is fully complete. It passed calibration flight testing on July 27 and is expected to officially begin operations Sept. 3.
Under the master plan, the airport covers more than 1,050 hectares and will meet International Civil Aviation Organization 4E standards, allowing it to handle wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 747, Boeing 787 and Airbus A350. Ahead of APEC 2027, the airport is projected to reach an annual capacity of 18 million passengers, 4.5 times the current figure. By 2050, the master plan calls for 50 million passengers and 50,000 tons of cargo annually.
The scale of the project has implications for Vietnam's tourism and construction sectors. Phu Quoc, an island off Cambodia's coast, has seen rapid hotel and resort development over the past decade. The airport expansion directly supports the government's target of turning the island into a high-end tourism hub. Local contractors and materials suppliers stand to benefit from the remaining fit-out work, while the completed runway lighting system signals that airfield infrastructure is ahead of the terminal schedule. The April opening date puts pressure on subcontractors to finish mechanical and electrical systems over the next eight months. Any delay past that window would risk readiness for APEC, which brings delegation flights from 21 member economies. Project officials said the round-the-clock workforce is designed to absorb setbacks without pushing the delivery date.
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