Thandwe Airport

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Thandwe Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesThandwe, Myanmar
Elevation AMSL47 ft / 14 m
Coordinates18°27′38″N 094°18′00″E / 18.46056°N 94.30000°E / 18.46056; 94.30000
Map
SNW is located in Myanmar
SNW
SNW
Location of airport in Myanmar
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 2,600 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 Myanmar. The IATA code is based on the town's name during British colonial rule, Sandoway.

Airlines and destinations[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Air KBZ Heho, Sittwe, Yangon
Air Thanlwin Yangon
Mann Yadanarpon Airlines Sittwe, Yangon
Myanmar National Airlines Kyaukpyu, Mandalay, Pathein, Yangon

Accidents and incidents[edit]

  • 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]
  • On 17 February 2012, Air KBZ ATR-72-500, XY-AIT overran the runway at Thandwe Airport but no injuries reported.[4]

References[edit]

  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. ^ "XY-ACM Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  4. ^ 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.

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