Thandwe Airport
Thandwe Airport 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. On 23 June 2024, the Arakan Army captured the airport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “Mazin airport”, “Mazin Airport”, “SNW”, and “VYTD”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thandwe.
Thandwe
Photo: CHMunro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thandwe is a seaport city in Rakhine State, Western Myanmar. It was government-held until mid-2024 when it fell to the Arakan Army. Only an extremely foolhardy traveller would venture here while fighting continues.
Thandwe Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Thandwe Township, Thandwe District, Rakhine State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
18.46506° or 18° 27′ 54″ northLongitude
94.30151° or 94° 18′ 5″ eastElevation
20 feet (6 metres)IATA airport code
SNWICAO airport code
VYTDUnited Nations Location Code
MM SNWOpen location code
7MCPF882+2JOpenStreetMap ID
way 114212770OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
7910206Wikidata ID
Q1320550
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Vietnamese—“Thandwe Airport” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “သံတွဲ လေဆိပ်”
- Cebuano: “Mazin (tugpahanan sa Burma)”
- Cebuano: “Thandwe Airport”
- Chinese: “丹兌”
- Chinese: “丹兌機場”
- Chinese: “丹兑機場”
- Chinese: “額不裏海灘”
- Chinese: “額不里海灘”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Thandwe”
- Indonesian: “SNW”
- Indonesian: “VYTD”
- Japanese: “サンドウェー空港”
- Japanese: “タンドウェ空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Mazin”
- Persian: “فرودگاه تاندوه”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Thandwe”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Thandwe”
- Shan: “တႃႈႁိူဝ်းမိၼ် တၢၼ်ႇတွႆး”
- Swedish: “Mazin (flygplats i Burma)”
- Swedish: “Thandwe Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи тондуҳ”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay Thandwe”
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