Sittwe Airport Explained

Sittwe Airport
Iata:AKY
Icao:VYSW
Pushpin Map:Myanmar
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Myanmar
Pushpin Label:AKY
Pushpin Label Position:right
Location:Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar
Elevation-F:39
Coordinates:20.1328°N 92.8725°W
R1-Number:11/29
R1-Length-F:6001
R1-Length-M:1829
R1-Surface:Bitumen

Sittwe Airport is an airport in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar. In Burmese it is known as စစ်တွေ လေဆိပ်.

It started as RAF Station Sittwe, a military airfield in World War II. It was handed over to Department of Civil Aviation by International Aero Limited Company on 24 July 1947. It was upgraded to 60000NaN0 long and 1400NaN0 wide gravel mixed asphalt runway in 1960. The airport building was extended to NaN0NaN0 from NaN0NaN0 and it was opened on 22 March 2002. 4 feet thick asphalt concrete layer was placed on the NaNfeet runway, the NaNfeet taxiway and the NaNfeet apron and opened on 20 May 2009 for use of F-28 jets.It is equipped with HF, VHF, NDB, Night Landing Facilities such as airfield lighting, approach light and remote control air ground machines. It admits over 90,000 passengers in 2010-11 and it is expected to accommodate 150,000 passengers for arrival and departure yearly.

Accidents and incidents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Accident description . Aviation Safety Network . 8 October 2009.