Sittwe Airport | |||||||||||
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| Location | Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 39 ft / 12 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°07′58″N 092°52′21″E / 20.13278°N 92.87250°E | ||||||||||
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  AKY Location of airport in Myanmar | |||||||||||
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Sittwe Airport (IATA: AKY, ICAO: VYSW) is an airport in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar. In Burmese it is known as စစ်တွေ လေဆိပ်.
It started as RAF Station Sittwe, a military airfield in World War II. It was handed over to Department of Civil Aviation by International Aero Limited Company on 24 July 1947. It was upgraded to 1,829 metres (6,000 ft) long and 43 metres (140 ft) wide gravel mixed asphalt runway in 1960. The airport building was extended to 67 by 18 metres (220 by 60 ft) from 37 by 18 metres (120 by 60 ft) and it was opened on 22 March 2002. 4 feet thick asphalt concrete layer was placed on the 1,829-by-46-metre (6,000 ft × 150 ft) runway, the 160-by-23-metre (525 ft × 75 ft) taxiway and the 183-by-91-metre (600 ft × 300 ft) apron and opened on 20 May 2009 for use of F-28 jets.
It is equipped with HF, VHF, NDB, Night Landing Facilities such as airfield lighting, approach light and remote control air ground machines. It admits over 90,000 passengers in 2010-11 and it is expected to accommodate 150,000 passengers for arrival and departure yearly.
Arakan Army captured the airport on 10 February 2024.
