Coco Island Airport Explained

Coco Island Airport
Icao:	VYCI
Owner-Oper:	Myanmar Air Force
Location:	Coco Islands
Timezone:	Myanmar Standard Time
Utc:	+6:30
Elevation-F:	20
Coordinates:	14.1413°N 93.3683°W
R1-Number:	01/19
R1-Length-F:	4443
R1-Surface:	Bitumen

Coco Island Airport is an airport located on Great Coco Island in Myanmar. The airport is no longer operational for civilian aircraft and has been converted into a military airbase.^[1] After the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état in Myanmar, there is rapid development of military infrastructure in the island such as expansion of airstrip, two new hangars, a radar station.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. News: Thu . El El . Government mulls construction of second Chin airport . 18 June 2020 . The Myanmar Times . 8 February 2018 . 19 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210219061241/https://www.mmtimes.com/news/government-mulls-construction-second-chin-airport.html . dead .
2. News: Ratcliffe . Rebecca . correspondent . south-east Asia . 2023-05-01 . Military construction on Myanmar’s Great Coco island prompts fears of Chinese involvement . 2024-01-13 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
3. Web site: 2023-05-01 . Military Modernisation, Construction in Coco Island Reveal China's Expanding Footprints in Myanmar . 2024-01-13 . News18 . en.
4. Web site: Satellite pics show military build-up on Myanmar island near India. Is it Chinese ‘spy’ base? . 2024-01-13 . WION . en-us.