Kalaymyo Airport (IATA: KMV, ICAO: VYKL) is a domestic airport serving Kalaymyo (a.k.a. Kalay or Kalemyo), a town in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar. It is an airport at Kalay, an extension of a British-built Second World War airstrip that was used to ferry troops and supplies into Myanmar during the British reconquest of Myanmar in 1945. The airport is located in the middle of the town. The airport is at an elevation of 499 feet (152 m); it has 79 meters (259 ft) wide and 1,677 meters (5,502 ft) long runway with a blacktopped surface.[3][circular reference]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Location | Kalaymyo, Myanmar | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 439 ft / 134 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°11′19″N 094°03′03″E / 23.18861°N 94.05083°E | ||||||||||
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  KMV Location of airport in Myanmar | |||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Mingalar Aviation Services | Mandalay, Yangon |
| Myanmar National Airlines | Mandalay, Yangon |
References
edit- ^ "Airport information for VYKL". 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. - ^ Airport information for KMV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "Kalay's Transportation". Wikipedia.
External links
edit- Accident history for KMV at Aviation Safety Network
- Accident history for VYKL at Aviation Safety Network
