Tan Son Nhat Airport — Terminal 1
Terminal 1 is the domestic terminal of Tan Son Nhat. The French Indochinese administration built the original terminal, which remained the airport’s only civilian building until the international terminal opened in 2007. After Terminal 3 opened in April 2025, Terminal 1 is used solely by Vietjet Air for domestic flights.
Key facts
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Original terminal | Built by the French Indochinese administration, 1,800 m² |
| Expansions | 1956, 1960, 1963 and 1969; by 1972 the terminal covered 10,800 m² for 1.5 million passengers a year |
| Today | 40,948 m²; handling capacity 15 million passengers a year (2023) |
| Gates | 20 boarding gates: 4 aerobridge gates and 16 remote gates |
| Use | Domestic flights only — solely Vietjet Air since Terminal 3 opened |
| Halls | Vietjet moved its landside operations into Departure Hall A; former Departure Hall B becomes a transit hub connecting all passenger terminals |
Facilities
- Check-in and departure halls for domestic flights, with shops and food counters.
- Departure Hall A is Vietjet’s landside base; Hall B is being converted into a transit hub linking all three terminals.
- The free landside shuttle stops at pillars B17–B20, Lane B.
Getting to Terminal 1
Terminal 1 sits next to Terminal 2, and the free landside shuttle links both with Terminal 3 every 15 minutes from 04:30 to 00:30. Public buses 109 and 152 and shuttle bus 49 run from the bus station in front of Terminal 2 to the city centre.