Lashio Airport

Lashio Airport
IATA: LSH – ICAO: VYLS LSH Location of airport in Burma
Summary
Location	Lashio, Burma
Elevation AMSL	2,450 ft / 747 m
Coordinates	22°58′33″N 097°45′09″E / 22.97583°N 97.75250°E / 22.97583; 97.75250Coordinates: 22°58′33″N 097°45′09″E / 22.97583°N 97.75250°E / 22.97583; 97.75250
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 01/19 5,285 1,611 Bitumen

Lashio Airport (IATA: LSH, ICAO: VYLS) is an airport in Lashio, Burma. it is near the headquarters of Northeast Military Command. Passengers have to walk from airport building to entrance of airport compound. There is no X ray equipment.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incident

• On 23 May 1969, Douglas DC-3 XY-ACR of Union of Burma Airways crashed on approach to Lashio Airport killing all six people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight.^[1]

References

• Airport information for VYLS at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.