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OUI Ban Houeisai
Ban Houeisai (IATA: OUI, ICAO:VLHS) is located in the city of Ban Houeisai, Laos.

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IATA Code

OUI

ICAO Code

VLHS

Name

Ban Houeisai

Type

Country / Region

Laos (LA)

City

Ban Houeisai

Latitude

0.0000000

Longitude

0.0000000

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Airport Overview · Lao PDR

Ban Houeisai（OUI）

Ban Houeisai is a small regional airport serving Houeisai, Laos, in the country’s northwestern border area. The supplied airport record identifies it as Ban Houeisai, IATA OUI and ICAO VLHS, with no recorded air-freight or express-flight count. For international forwarders, it should be treated as a capacity- and schedule-sensitive regional origin rather than an established cargo hub. Our service team can first verify operating status, aircraft acceptance, ground handling, customs arrangements and onward routing before issuing a firm booking plan. The supplied coordinate fields are recorded as 0.0000000 / 0.0000000 and therefore require operational confirmation before use for trucking, mapping or geofencing.

Key Highlights

What Forwarders Should Confirm First

Regional-airport profile

Plan around limited cargo-handling depth and possible passenger-aircraft belly capacity; cargo acceptance must be checked shipment by shipment.

No assumed freighter network

Do not presume scheduled freighter, express, ULD build-up or direct international cargo capability without written confirmation.

Border-area routing

Cross-border road-air combinations may be operationally relevant, but border procedures, transfer points and transit permissions require separate validation.

Data verification required

The source record contains zero air and express flight counts and zeroed coordinates; our team should validate current airport and ground-service conditions before quoting.

Cargo Facilities & Services

Facility Planning Without Assumptions

Dedicated cargo terminal, cargo screening, ULD equipment and mechanized handling should not be assumed. Our service team will obtain a current handling confirmation from the operating carrier or appointed ground handler.
Availability of bonded storage, customs-supervised space, cool-room capacity and dangerous-goods segregation must be confirmed before accepting pharmaceuticals, perishables, lithium batteries or regulated cargo.
For loose cargo, use handling-ready outer packaging and provide piece dimensions, gross weight, stackability and handling instructions in advance; irregular or oversized pieces may require a different gateway.
Where local collection is required, our team should validate vehicle access, loading equipment, road conditions, driver instructions and the airport’s cargo handover point rather than relying on a standard airport-terminal assumption.

Facility information is operationally variable. A booking should remain subject to confirmation of handling, security screening, customs availability and acceptance cut-off.

Routes & Transit Times

Routing Strategy for a Low-Frequency Regional Origin

Direct uplift, if available for the required date and commodity, should be treated as subject to aircraft type, payload, local handling and carrier acceptance—not as a guaranteed scheduled cargo service.
Our team may compare an air connection through a larger Lao gateway, a neighboring-country gateway such as northern Thailand, or a road-air combination, depending on customs status, border permissions and final destination.
Transit time is affected by flight-day availability, truck positioning, border formalities, security screening, document corrections, weather and missed-connection recovery. We provide a confirmed estimate only after carrier and handler validation.
For urgent shipments, request a routing comparison that separates airport-to-airport transit from first-mile collection, border transfer, customs clearance and final delivery time.

Hinterland & Key Cargo

Cargo Profile and Catchment Planning

The primary catchment is Houeisai and surrounding northern Lao communities, with commercial relevance also influenced by cross-border trade in the Mekong-region frontier.
Likely airfreight candidates are compact, high-value or time-sensitive consignments such as documents, replacement parts, samples, telecommunications items and small commercial parcels; actual acceptance depends on the carrier and handling setup.
Fresh food, live animals, pharmaceuticals, biological materials and other temperature-sensitive cargo require pre-clearance of facilities, packaging, permits and chain-of-custody controls.
Heavy, low-value, oversized or palletized cargo may be more practical through a larger gateway or controlled road-air solution, subject to customs and border requirements.

Operations & Compliance

Shipment Controls Before Handover

Obtain the actual acceptance deadline, warehouse handover location, screening requirement and documentation cut-off for the specific operating date. A generic international-airport cut-off should not be used.
Submit a complete commercial invoice, packing list, shipper and consignee details, HS classification, declared value, country of origin and any applicable import, export or transit permits.
Dangerous goods, lithium batteries, dry ice, aerosols, live animals and temperature-controlled shipments require advance acceptance review and compliant labeling, packing and declarations under the applicable carrier and regulatory rules.
Expect additional risk where a shipment changes from air to road or crosses a national border: the customs jurisdiction, transit bond, consignee of record and clearance responsibility must be defined before dispatch.

Shipping Tips

Recommended Booking Workflow

Send our service team the commodity, dimensions, gross weight, piece count, Incoterms, ready date, delivery city and whether the shipment is direct, bonded or customs-cleared.
Request two plans where appropriate: a local-airport option subject to acceptance and a backup gateway or road-air option with separately stated border and customs responsibilities.
Use moisture-resistant, impact-protective packaging and make every piece visibly match the packing list. For loose cartons, include consignee contact details and handling marks in English where accepted by the carrier.
Do not release cargo to the airport until our team has confirmed the booking, routing, handler, acceptance point and document set in writing.

FAQs

Practical Questions from Shippers

Can Ban Houeisai accept international air cargo directly? Possibly, but this cannot be presumed from the airport code alone. Our service team must confirm the current operating carrier, cargo acceptance, customs arrangement and routing for the required date.

Is a fixed transit time available for a shipment from Ban Houeisai? Not before the route and handover plan are confirmed. Regional flight frequency, road positioning, border procedures, screening and connection availability can materially change the total transit time.

Can dangerous goods or lithium batteries be booked? Only after carrier and handler acceptance. Provide the UN number where applicable, battery type, packing instruction, net quantity, safety documents and shipment mode before cargo is moved.

What is the best option for urgent or high-value cargo? Ask our team to compare direct regional uplift with a larger-gateway or road-air alternative. The decision should include security, customs control, connection recovery and first-mile reliability—not flight time alone.

Can the supplied coordinates be used for pickup planning? No. The source record shows 0.0000000 latitude and longitude. Our team should obtain a confirmed airport location and local collection instructions before dispatching a vehicle.

Data Sources & Provenance

Data Boundary and Verification Notes

Primary record	Airport data supplied for this page: Ban Houeisai; IATA OUI; ICAO VLHS; Laos; city record: Ban Houeisai / 会晒; air-flight count: 0; express-flight count: 0; recorded coordinates: 0.0000000 / 0.0000000.
Code reference	Code and airport-identity cross-checking may be performed against iata.org and icao.int. These references do not by themselves confirm current schedules, cargo handling or customs availability.
Operational boundary	No unverified runway, terminal, warehouse, airline, frequency, capacity, opening-hour, tariff or transit-time figures are presented. Current acceptance, handling and regulatory conditions must be confirmed for each shipment.
Platform verification	Our service team validates carrier acceptance, ground handling, customs responsibility, routing, cut-off and collection feasibility before issuing a firm operational plan.