Sittwe Airport
Sittwe Airport (IATA: AKY, ICAO: VYSW) 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 6,000 feet long and 140 feet wide gravel mixed asphalt runway in 1960. The airport building was extended to 220 feet by 60 feet from 120 feet by 60 feet and it was opened on 22 March 2002. 4 feet thick asphalt concrete layer was placed on the 6000 x 150 feet runway, the 525 x 75 feet taxiway and the 600 x 300 feet apron and opened on 20 May 2009 for use of F-28 jets.
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Sittwe Airport
Sittwe Airport (IATA: AKY, ICAO: VYSW) 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 6,000 feet long and 140 feet wide gravel mixed asphalt runway in 1960. The airport building was extended to 220 feet by 60 feet from 120 feet by 60 feet and it was opened on 22 March 2002. 4 feet thick asphalt concrete layer was placed on the 6000 x 150 feet runway, the 525 x 75 feet taxiway and the 600 x 300 feet apron and opened on 20 May 2009 for use of F-28 jets.
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Bandar Udara Sittwe (IATA: AKY ...... Negara Bagian Rakhine, Burma.
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Port lotniczy Sittwe – krajowy port lotniczy położony w Sittwe, w Birmie.
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Sittwe Airport (IATA: AKY, ICA ...... arrival and departure yearly.
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Sittwe Airport
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Location of airport in Myanmar
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Bandar Udara Sittwe (IATA: AKY ...... Negara Bagian Rakhine, Burma.
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Port lotniczy Sittwe – krajowy port lotniczy położony w Sittwe, w Birmie.
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Sittwe Airport (IATA: AKY, ICA ...... May 2009 for use of F-28 jets.
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Port lotniczy Sittwe
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Sittwe Airport
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