Manaung Airport
Manaung (Samonte) Airport | |||||||||||
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| Location | Manaung, Rakhine State, Myanmar | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 102 ft / 31 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°50′46″N 093°40′58″E / 18.84611°N 93.68278°E | ||||||||||
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  MGU Location of airport in Myanmar | |||||||||||
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Manaung Airport (IATA: MGU, ICAO: VYMN) is an airport in Manaung, Rakhine State, Myanmar. Manaung Airport was constructed in 1969 for Douglas C-47 Skytrain airplanes as a grass landing airstrip. In the 1983-1984 fiscal year, it was upgraded to be all-weather accessible with a 2,000 ft long bituminous airstrip for Twin Otter type aircraft. In 2015, The length of the airstrip was then expanded to 4,000 ft[1] for F-27 Fokker aircraft, with only 3,700 ft of the airstrip being upgraded to asphalt concrete surface.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Myanmar National Airlines | Yangon |
References
- ^ "MNA opens new routes to western Rakhine State". December 25, 2015.
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