Manaung (Samonte) Airport | |
Iata: | MGU |
Icao: | VYMN |
Pushpin Map: | Myanmar |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Myanmar |
Pushpin Label: | MGU |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Location: | Manaung, Rakhine State, Myanmar |
Elevation-F: | 102 |
Elevation-M: | 31 |
Coordinates: | 18.8461°N 93.6828°W |
R1-Number: | 16/34 |
R1-Length-F: | 4000 |
R1-Length-M: | 1219 |
R1-Surface: | Bitumen |
Manaung Airport is an airport in Manaung, Rakhine State, Myanmar. Manaung Airport was constructed in 1969 for Douglas C-47 Skytrain airplanes as a grass landing airstrip. In the 1983-1984 fiscal year, it was upgraded to be all-weather accessible with a 2,000 ft long bituminous airstrip for Twin Otter type aircraft. In 2015, The length of the airstrip was then expanded to 4,000 ft[1] for F-27 Fokker aircraft, with only 3,700 ft of the airstrip being upgraded to asphalt concrete surface.