International terminal profile

• Total capacity: 2 million passengers
  • Surface: 16000 square metres (172,222.6 sq ft)
  • Waiting lounges: 1300 square metres (13,993.1 sq ft)
  • VIP Lounge: 250 square metres (2,691 sq ft)
  • Food & Beverage: 350 square metres (3,767.4 sq ft)
  • Duty Free: 700 square metres (7,534.7 sq ft)
• Seat capacity: 360
• Check-in counters: 22
• Visa, Immigration and Customs counters: 30
• Number of gates: 4 with aerobridges, 2 with bus access
• Baggage conveyors: 2 (International)
• Car parking: 380

Domestic terminal profile

• Handling capacity Domestic Departures Terminal: 300 passengers per hour.
• Floor surface: 1200 square metres (12,916.7 sq ft)
• Boarding gates : 3

• Floor surface: 2470 square metres (26,586.9 sq ft)
• Garden: 900 square metres (9,687.5 sq ft)
• Total capacity: 400,000 passengers/year

Airfield

• Length: 3000 metres (9,842.5 ft)
• Width: 45 metres (147.6 ft)
• Orientation: 46 º - 226º (QFU 05 - 23)
• Pavement structure: bituminous overlay on a concrete base
• Perpendicular taxiways (30 metres or 98.4 ft wide plus shoulders 5 metres or 16.4 ft wide each): 2
• Peak hour capacity: 10 movements (taxiways)
• Number of stands: 13 (4 contacts)
  • Concrete area: 46150 square metres (496,754.5 sq ft), 6 stands
  • Asphalt area: 18000 square metres (193,750.4 sq ft), 5 stands
  • Total area: 64150 square metres (690,504.9 sq ft)
• Navigation aids and visual aids:
  • VOR/DME
  • ILS
  • Meteo

Accidents and incidents

• On 3 December 1973, Douglas DC-3
  Douglas DC-3
  The Douglas DC-3 is an American fixed-wing propeller-driven aircraft whose speed and range revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s. Its lasting impact on the airline industry and World War II makes it one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made...
  
   XW-PHV of Air Union was reported to have crashed shortly after take-off.
• On 19 January 1975, Douglas C-47A XU-HAK, Douglas DC-3 XU-KAL of Khmer Hansa and Douglas C-47A N86AC of South East Asia Air Transport were all destroyed in a rocket attack on the airport.

• On 22 February 1975, Douglas C-47A XU-GAJ of Khmer Hansa was damaged beyond economic repair in a rocket attack.

• On 10 March 1975, a Douglas DC-3 of Samaki Airlines was damaged beyond economic repair in a rocket attack.

• On 11 March 1975, a Douglas DC-3 of Khmer Hansa was damaged beyond economic repair in a rocket attack.

• In March 1975, Vickers Viscount
  Vickers Viscount
  The Vickers Viscount was a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs, making it the first such aircraft to enter service in the world...
  
   XW-TDN of Royal Air Lao crashed at Phnom Penh International Airport. The pilot was not qualified to fly the aircraft. All four people on board were killed. Accident aircraft also reported as XW-TFK with a date of 15 March.

• On 11 April 1975, a Douglas DC-3 (possibly XW-PKT) of Sorya Airlines was hit by shrapnel shortly after take-off. The aircraft was destroyed by fire and two of the three occupants were killed. The same day, Douglas C-47B XW-TFB of Air Cambodge was damaged beyond economic repair in a rocket attack.

• 3 September 1997: Vietnam Airlines
  Vietnam Airlines
  Vietnam Airlines Company Limited, trading as Vietnam Airlines , is the national flag carrier of Vietnam. Founded in 1956 under the name Vietnam Civil Aviation, the airline was established as a state enterprise in April 1989. Vietnam Airlines is headquartered in Long Bien, Hanoi, with hubs at Noi...
  
   Flight 815
  Vietnam Airlines Flight 815
  Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 was a scheduled Vietnam Airlines flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh's Pochentong Airport. The Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft crashed on final approach approximately 804.672 meters short of the runway, killing 65 of the 66 persons on board...
  
  , operated by a Tupolev Tu-134
  Tupolev Tu-134
  The Tupolev Tu-134 is a twin-engined airliner, similar to the American Douglas DC-9 and the French Sud Aviation Caravelle, and built in the Soviet Union from 1966–1984. The original version featured a glazed-nose design and, like certain other Russian airliners , it can operate from unpaved...
  
   crashed on approach to Pochentong Airport, killing 65 of the 66 passengers on board. The aircraft was entirely destroyed. The aircraft was flying from Ho Chi Minh City
  Ho Chi Minh City
  Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...
  
  to Phnom Penh. The Tupolev was approaching the Phnom Penh airport runway in heavy rain from 2,000 meters; at this point the control tower ordered the pilot to attempt an approach from the west due to a wind pick-up. The crew then lost communication with the tower, and three minutes later the aircraft collided at low level with trees, damaging the left wing. The aircraft then slid 200 yards into a dry rice paddy before exploding. Pilot error was later identified as the cause of the crash; the pilot continued his landing descent from an altitude of 2,000 meters to 30 meters even though the runway was not in sight, and ignored pleas from his first officer and flight engineer to turn back. When the aircraft hit the trees, the pilot finally realized the runway was not in sight and tried to abort the approach; the flight engineer pushed for full power, but the aircraft lost control and veered left; the right engine then stalled, making it impossible to gain lift.

External links

• Phnom Penh International Airport at Cambodia International Airports website