Sittwe Airport

Sittwe Airport is an airport in , , . In Burmese it is known as စစ်တွေ လေဆိပ်. It started as Royal Air Force station RAF Akyab, a military airfield in World War II.
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  • Airport
  • …lies at an elevation of 26 feet (8 metres)
  • …has the IATA airport code AKY
  • …has the ICAO airport code VYSW
  • Description: airport in Myanmar
  • Also known as
    “AKY”
    “VYSW”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rakhine State Cultural Museum.
The is a museum… is situated 2 miles east of Sittwe Airport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sittwe.
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or Akyab is a city and district in Rakhine State, .

Sittwe Airport

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Latitude
20.13271° or 20° 7′ 58″ north
Longitude
92.87263° or 92° 52′ 22″ east
Open location code
7MGJ4VMF+33
Geo­Names ID
1329416
Wiki­data ID
Q1927143

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Sittwe Airport” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Акяб”
  • Burmese: “စစ်တွေ လေဆိပ်”
  • Cebuano: “Akyab”
  • Chinese: “实兑机场”
  • Chinese: “實兌機場”
  • Indonesian: “AKY”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Sittwe”
  • Indonesian: “VYSW”
  • Japanese: “シットウェ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Sittwe”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه سیتو”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Sittwe”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Sittwe”
  • Shan: “တႃႈႁိူဝ်းမိၼ် ၸိတ်ႉတူၺ်ႇ”
  • Tai Nüa: “ᥖᥣ ᥞᥫᥰ ᥛᥥᥢ ᥓᥤᥖ ᥖᥨᥭᥱ”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ситу”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Sittwe”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Sittwe”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sittwe General Hospital and Sittwe Port.

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