Lashio Airport
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| Lashio Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: LSH – ICAO: VYLS | |||
| Summary | |||
| Location | Lashio, Burma | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,450 ft / 747 m | ||
| 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 Head Quarter of Northeast Military Command. Passengers have to walk from airport building to entrance of airport compound. There is no X ray equipment.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Myanma Airways (Heho)
- Air Bagan (Heho, Yangon)
[edit] 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]
[edit] References
- ^ "XY-ACR Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690523-1. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- Airport information for VYLS at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
Coordinates: 22°58′33″N 097°45′09″E / 22.97583°N 97.7525°E
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