Accordingly, this work will last over 10 days, using Beechcraft B300 aircraft. These flights will primarily take place at night or in the early morning hours to utilise available airspace and minimise disruptions to commercial flight operations at Tan Son Nhat Airport. In some cases, flight crews may need to carry out tasks around midnight to ensure the safety, accuracy, and objectivity of the inspection process.

The crew will conduct a series of complex flight procedures to test, calibrate, and evaluate the accuracy and stability of navigational and landing systems such as ILS/DME, PAPI, and ALS, while also performing radar calibration for systems including PSR/SSR/ADS-B. Most flights will depart from Tan Son Nhat Airport, and depending on weather and operational conditions, specific calibration maneuvers will be performed in the Long Thanh airspace.

Previously, from July 31 to August 2, units conducted several test flights at Long Thanh Airport to evaluate flight procedures based on Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) standards.

Multiple major contracts of Long Thanh Airport are simultaneously being carried out, with units mobilising approximately 17,000 workers and machinery working around the clock to accelerate construction, ensuring the project is basically completed by December 19, 2025.

Aviation authority supports full shift of international flights to Long Thanh Airport

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) backed a sweeping plan to transfer all international flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City to Long Thanh International Airport in Dong Nai province.