Tachilek Airport
Tachilek Airport or Tachileik Airport is an airport serving Tachilek, a town in the Shan State of eastern Myanmar.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Myanmar
- Also known as: “Tachileik Airport”, “THL”, and “VYTL”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tachileik and Mae Sai.
Tachileik
Tachileik is a border town in Shan State of eastern Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Tachileik Township and Tachileik District and most populated city in eastern Shan State with 51,553 residents per 2014 census count, ahead of Kyaing Tong, but only 4th statewide.Mae Sai
Mae Sai is the northernmost city of Thailand. It is mainly a stepping stone for visits to Myanmar and has a few attractions of its own. Wat Pha That Doi Wao is an interesting temple complex on a hillside overlooking the border.Tachilek Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Tachileik Township, Tachileik District, Shan State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
20.48533° or 20° 29′ 7″ north
Longitude
99.935° or 99° 56′ 6″ east
Elevation
1,283 feet (391 metres)
IATA airport code
THL
ICAO airport code
VYTL
Open location code
7MGXFWPP+42
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
Discover Tachilek Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Burmese to Welsh—“Tachilek Airport” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “တာချီလိတ် လေဆိပ်”
- Cebuano: “Tachileik Airport”
- Chinese: “大其利”
- Chinese: “大其力”
- Chinese: “大其力机场”
- Chinese: “大其力機場”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Tachilek”
- Indonesian: “Bandara Tachilek”
- Indonesian: “THL”
- Indonesian: “VYTL”
- Japanese: “タチレク空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Tachilek”
- Persian: “فرودگاه تاچیلک”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Tachileik”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Tachilek”
- Shan: “တႃႈႁိူဝ်းမိၼ် တႃႈၶီႈလဵၵ်း”
- Swedish: “Tachileik Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи точилк”
- Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานท่าขี้เหล็ก”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay Tachilek”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Tachilek”
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