Thandwe Airport
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| Thandwe Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
IATA: SNW – ICAO: VYTD
  SNW | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Government | ||
| Serves | Thandwe, Myanmar | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18°27′38″N 094°18′00″E / 18.46056°N 94.30000°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 02/20 | 1,677 | 5,502 | Bitumen |
| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Thandwe Airport (IATA: SNW, ICAO: VYTD) is an airport serving Thandwe, a town in the Rakhine State of Burma.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Bagan | Sittwe, Yangon |
| Air Mandalay | Sittwe, Yangon |
| Myanma Airways | Bassein, Kyaukpyu, Yangon |
Accidents and incidents
- On 16 August 1972, a Douglas C-47B, registration XY-ACM of Burma Airways crashed shortly after take-off on a scheduled passenger flight. Twenty-eight people on board were killed and only 3 survived.[3]
References
- ↑ Airport information for VYTD at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ↑ Airport information for SNW at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ↑ "XY-ACM Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
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