In accordance with harnessing project, Phu Quoc Airport will be the international airport as 4E range. It can afford long range airplanes such as B777, B747-700. The absorbed aircraft in peak time is 20 with capacity is around 7 million passengers per annum and absorbed cargo is around 27.600 tons per annum. Total area of the airport is 905.31 ha , total investment for the construction is over 16.200 billion VND. The investor is Southern Airport Corporation. The target in quarter II/2012, Phu Quoc International Airport will be operated and by the end of the year 2009, SAC will commence to build terminal with capacity around 3 million passengers per annum.

According to Vietnam news agency, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung stated at the ceremony that he considered the project possessed a significant meaning, a breakthrough which contributed to local and national development.