Thandwe Airport
| Thandwe Airport | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: SNW – ICAO: VYTD | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Serves | Thandwe, Myanmar | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°27′38″N 094°18′00″E / 18.46056°N 94.30000°E | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  SNW Location of airport in Burma | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Thandwe Airport (IATA: SNW, ICAO: VYTD) is an airport serving Thandwe, a town in the Rakhine State of Myanmar.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Air Bagan | Sittwe, Yangon | Domestic |
| Air KBZ | Sittwe, Yangon | Domestic |
| Golden Myanmar Airlines | Sittwe, Yangon | Domestic |
| Mann Yadanarpon Airlines | Yangon | Domestic |
| Myanmar National Airlines | Bassein, Kyaukpyu, Mandalay, Yangon | Domestic |
| Yangon Airways | Yangon | Domestic |
Accidents and incidents
- 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
- ↑ Airport information for VYTD at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ↑ Airport information for SNW at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ↑ "XY-ACM Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ↑ 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.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.