Thandwe Airport

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Thandwe Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
Serves Thandwe, Myanmar
Elevation  AMSL 47 ft / 14 m
Coordinates 18°27′38″N094°18′00″E / 18.46056°N 94.30000°E / 18.46056; 94.30000
Map
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SNW
Location of airport in Myanmar
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
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02/202,6005,502Bitumen
Source: DAFIF [1] [2]

Thandwe Airport( IATA : SNW, ICAO : VYTD) is an airport serving Thandwe, a town in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The IATA code is based on the town's name during British colonial rule, Sandoway. On 23 June 2024, the Arakha Army captured the airport. [3]

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Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Thanlwin Yangon
Mann Yadanarpon Airlines Sittwe, Yangon
Mingalar Aviation Services Heho, Sittwe, Yangon
Myanmar National Airlines Kyaukpyu, Mandalay, Pathein, Yangon

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References

  1. "Airport information for VYTD". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for SNW at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF  (effective October 2006).
  3. AA Seizes Thandwe Airport Near Rakhine’s Ngapali Beach, Local Sources Say The Irrawaddy. June 24, 2024
  4. "XY-ACM Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  5. Hradecky, Simon (3 March 2012). "Accident: Air KBZ AT72 at Thandwe on Feb 17th 2012, runway excursion, gear collapse". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 10 June 2013.