Thandwe Airport

Summary

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.

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]

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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