Kyaukpyu Airport Explained

Kyaukpyu Airport
Iata:KYP
Icao:VYKP
Pushpin Map:Myanmar
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Myanmar
Pushpin Label:KYP
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Location:Kyaukpyu, Myanmar
Elevation-F:20
Elevation-M:6
Coordinates:19.4264°N 93.5347°W
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-F:7000
R1-Length-M:2100
R1-Surface:Bitumen

Kyaukpyu Airport is an airport in Kyaukpyu, Myanmar .

The runway of Kyaukpyu Airport was 46200NaN0 long and 1000NaN0 wide. It is able to handle Fokker F28 Fellowship jet aircraft used by Myanma Airways. It is planned to extend the runway by 10000NaN0 in 2011 and 14000NaN0 in next two years. After that it will have a length of 70000NaN0 (ATR 72 capable) and a width of 1000NaN0.[1] It appears this never happened, in fact as of 2020, its only 25000NaN0, but new attention for runway completion and terminal upgrade.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/newpaper/159newsn.pdf{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Page 8 Column 4