Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) Airport Guide - HonestAirport

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Terminal navigation guide

Terminal-change and gate-area notes pulled from the markdown guide.

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Terminal 1 (T1) — older domestic terminal, still live. Vietjet domestic check-in is Hall A from 13 January 2026 (CAA Vietnam; Hanoi/Thanh Hoa already moved 13 December 2025). Adjacent to T2 with a covered landside link. Do not assume Vietnam Airlines is still here.
Terminal 2 (T2) — international. All arrivals from abroad clear immigration here. Lounges are after immigration. Traveler reports still prefer the quieter of the two Vietnam Airlines Lotus rooms when both are open; follow T2 signs rather than blogs for today's door.
Terminal 3 (T3) — new domestic terminal, inaugurated 19 April 2025 (Prime Minister attending). Designed capacity 20 million passengers a year; ACV put the airport's total capacity at about 50 million after T3. Five floors, own check-in, security, and gates. Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines, VASCO, Bamboo Airways, and Vietravel Airlines use T3 for domestic flying as of the August 2025 airline/airport notices. Vietnam Airlines also moved Con Dao (VCS), Ca Mau (CAH), and Rach Gia (VKG) here from 04:00 on 19 August 2025 (VietnamNet, citing the group plan) — the May 2025 CAA notice that kept those ATR72 routes at T1 is stale.
Always re-check the airline app the day you fly. Terminal maps have moved twice since T3 opened.
2025 traffic: more than 42 million passengers, including around 24 million domestic and 18 million international (Tuoi Tre, 22 June 2026, citing ACV; Routes/The Investor quoting the same ACV split). That is the airport figure. ACV's 120.3 million passengers in 2025 is the network total across 22 airports — do not paste it onto SGN.
Skytrax 2026: CAA Vietnam's 20 March 2026 note lists Noi Bai (71st) and Da Nang (75th) in the World's Top 100. Tan Son Nhat is not named in that Vietnamese ranking roundup.
Operator: Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV). Civilian commercial airport (IATA SGN, ICAO VVTS) in Tan Binh. This guide covers the civilian passenger side only.
Flight boards: ACV airport site at acv.vn/tansonnhatairport and the TIA board at tia.vietnamairport.vn. The domain tansonnhatairport.vn has resolved to an independent travel blog, not ACV — do not treat it as the airport website.

Ground transport guide

City-transfer, rideshare, train, and parking guidance from the markdown guide.

From Ground Transport & Parking

SGN sits inside the city (on the order of 7 km from District 1). That is the advantage. Traffic is the tax.
Rideshare (Grab, Be, Xanh SM): Use the designated airport pickup zone shown in the app. Fares move with demand, traffic, and any airport fee — we are not publishing a made-up VND number. Pay in the app.
Official taxis: Follow signs to the official rank. Metered cars from recognised companies beat arrivals-hall touts. We did not find a current ACV-posted District 1 taxi tariff to quote.
City bus 109: Airport-style bus from T3 only toward Bến xe buýt Sài Gòn / Công viên 23/9 (District 1). HCMC public-transport centre via Tuoi Tre (28 April 2025): T3 hours about 05:30–22:40, city end 05:45–22:30, roughly 15–25 minute frequency, about 9.3 km / 45 minutes, student fare 5,000–6,000 VND, maximum adult fare 15,000 VND. SGGP's same-day notice quoted only the 5,000–6,000 band — treat 15,000 as the adult ceiling from the fuller city-transport write-up, and check the fare posted on the bus. Route no longer stops at T1/T2.
City bus 152: KDC Trung Sơn – Bến Thành – airport. SGGP (April 2025) still lists 05:15–19:00 as the T1/T2-area option. Better with light bags. Last trips are evening, not overnight.
Other buses: City notices also mention 103 and 72-1 as airport-area routes. Confirm on Go!Bus TPHCM.
Metro: Line 1 is running in the city but does not serve SGN. Planned airport metro lines are future, not a 2026 option.
Inter-terminal: Free landside shuttle (see hacks). T1–T2 is the walkable pair.

Ride to Ho Chi Minh City

Pickup at SGN. Where the app supports it, dropoff is set to Ho Chi Minh City city center for a live price.

To city center

Ho Chi Minh City

~2.9 km

Typical fare

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Compare prepaid private transfers to Ho Chi Minh City — useful overnight, with luggage, or when you want a locked-in fare before you land.

Cheapest

City bus 109

Airport-style bus from T3 toward Saigon bus station / 23/9 park in District 1. City-transport notice (28 Apr 2025): 05:30–22:40 at T3; student 5,000–6,000 VND; maximum adult 15,000 VND.

Time to city

~45 min (traffic)

Cost

$

Tip: International arrivals at T2 must take the free terminal shuttle to T3 first. Confirm today's fare on the bus.

City bus 152

KDC Trung Son – Ben Thanh – airport. SGGP (Apr 2025) still lists 05:15–19:00 as the T1/T2-area option.

Time to city

~50–70 min

Cost

$

Tip: Better with light bags. Last trips are evening, not overnight.

FastestBest for luggage

Grab / Be / Xanh SM

App pickup at the designated airport zone. Fare is shown before you confirm and moves with demand and traffic.

Time to city

~25–50 min

Cost

$$

Tip: Ignore touts in arrivals. Wait at the pin. We are not inventing a VND price.

Official metered taxi

Official rank; look for recognised metered operators (Mai Linh / Vinasun are the usual names).

Time to city

~25–50 min

Cost

$$

Tip: Insist on the meter. No ACV-posted District 1 tariff found to quote.