Northern Vietnam
Hanoi
Long Biên district

Gia Lam Airport

Gia Lam Airport is an airport in , , located in Long Biên District, on the eastern bank of the . It is primarily a military field, used by the Vietnam People's Air Force, with MiG-21 fighters and Kamov Ka-28 helicopters stored in revetments.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: “VVGL”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gia Lam and Opera House.

Railway station
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Gia Lâm station is a railway station in , in the north eastern Long Biên District of Hanoi. It serves the city of . It is the terminus of the standard-gauge railway linking Vietnam to China, known as the Hanoi–Đồng Đăng railway.

Theater building
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The Hanoi , or the Grand is an in central , . It was erected by the French colonial administration between 1901 and 1911.

Museum
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The Vietnam National Museum of History is in the Hoan Kiem district of , Vietnam. The museum building was an archaeological research institution of the French School of the Far East under French colonial rule of 1910, was extensively refurbished in 1920.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thái Hà Ấp and Co Loa.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 8 km southwest of Gia Lam Airport.

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Cổ Loa is a modern day town and ancient former capital of Northern , slightly Northeast of the current capital of .

Gia Lam Airport

Latitude
21.04024° or 21° 2′ 25″ north
Longitude
105.88718° or 105° 53′ 14″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
ICAO airport code
VVGL
Open location code
7PH72VRP+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 217455233
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Geo­Names ID
6301170
Wiki­data ID
Q1320404
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Gia Lam Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hanoi / Gialam”
  • Cebuano: “Hanoi/Gialam”
  • Chinese: “嘉林机场”
  • Chinese: “嘉林機場”
  • French: “Aéroport de Gia Lam”
  • French: “aéroport de Gia Lâm”
  • French: “Aéroport de Gia Lâm”
  • Indonesian: “VVGL”
  • Italian: “aeroporto di Gia Lâm”
  • Japanese: “ギア・ラム軍用飛行場”
  • Japanese: “ザーラム空港”
  • Japanese: “ザーラム空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “ザーラム軍用飛行場”
  • Navajo: “Tółánítah siláołtsooí bichidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه گیا لم”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Gia Lâm”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Gia Lam”
  • Russian: “Зялам (авиабаза)”
  • Russian: “Зялам”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи гио лам”
  • Vietnamese: “Phi trường Gia Lâm”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Gia Lâm”
  • Yue Chinese: “嘉林機場”

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Highlights include Sân Golf Long Biên and Sân Tập Golf Đảo Sen.

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