Kyaukpyu Airport
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| Kyaukpyu Airport | |||
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IATA: KYP – ICAO: VYKP
 KYP
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| Summary | |||
| Location | Kyaukpyu, Burma | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||
| Coordinates | 19°25′35″N 093°32′05″E / 19.42639°N 93.53472°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 18/36 | 4,600 | 1,402 | Bitumen |
Kyaukpyu Airport is an airport in Kyaukpyu, Burma (IATA: KYP, ICAO: VYKP).
The runway of Kyaukpyu Airport was 4,620 feet long and 100 feet wide. It is able to handle F-28 jets, aircrafts of bigger category used by Myanma Airways. The airfield is planned to extend 1000 feet in 2011 and 1400 feet in next two years. After that it will have the length of 7000 feet and the width of 100 feet.[1]
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Myanma Airways | Sittwe, Thandwe, Yangon |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/newpaper/159newsn.pdf Page 8 Column 4
- Airport information for VYKP at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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