Cat Bi International Airport
Cat Bi International Airport
Cat Bi International Airport (IATA: HPH, ICAO: VVCI) is an international airport serving Hai Phong, the third largest city in Vietnam.
Location
20.817°N, 106.724°E · 2 m s. n. m. (6 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
History
First Indochina War
During the war Cat Bi Air Base was used by French Air Force (Armée de l'air), units based there included:
Group de Chasse 2/22 Languedoc equipped with the F8F Bearcat
Bomber Squadron 1/19 Gascogne equipped with the B-26 Invader
Bomber Squadron 1/25 Tunisie equipped with the B-26
The base was also used by French Naval Aviation (Aéronavale), units based there included:
Flotille 28F equipped with the PB4Y-2 Privateer
the air groups of the Arromanches and Bois Belleau
On 14 November 1953 the United States Air Force 483d Troop Carrier Wing flew five C–119s from Clark Air Base to Cat Bi to qualify French Air Force crews on them. In December 1953 in order to support C–119s, the USAF deployed to Cat Bi detachments of the 483d Troop Carrier Wing, the 8081st Aerial Resupply Unit and a provisional maintenance squadron of the Far East Air Logistics Force in what was known as Operation Cat Paw which had a peak strength in April 1954 of 121 men.
On the night of 6/7 March 1954 the Viet Minh attacked the base destroying 1 B-26 and 6 Morane-Saulnier MS.500 Criquets.
On 9 March 1954 civilian pilots from the CIA-backed Civil Air Transport (CAT) arrived at Cat Bi to begin flying C-119s, they began flying cargo missions on 12 March. Cat Bi-based CAT aircraft flew a total of 682 missions in support of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu between 13 March and 6 May 1954.
On 22 May 1954 the 483d Troop Carrier Wing maintenance detachment at Cat Bi relocated to Tourane Air Base.
Vietnam War
During the war, the base was used by the Vietnam People's Air Force. On 9 January and 10 February 1968, United States jets attacked the base.
On 26 August 1972, during Operation Linebacker, U.S. Navy jets bombed the base.
In early 1973 U.S. C-130 aircraft flew into Cat Bi to deliver minesweeping equipment as part of Operation End Sweep.
Airlines operating here · 8
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
Photo: Binh Giang · Public domain · view original
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Cat Bi International Airport (HPH). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/HPH
MLA
“Cat Bi International Airport (HPH).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/HPH. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Cat Bi International Airport (HPH).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/HPH.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Cat Bi International Airport (HPH). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/HPH (Accessed: 17 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{Cat Bi International Airport (HPH)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
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date = {2026-10-15},
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howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/HPH}},
urldate = {2026-10-17},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}Wikipedia
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