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Manaung Airport

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Manaung (Samonte) Airport
Summary
LocationManaung, Rakhine State, Myanmar
ElevationAMSL102 ft / 31 m
Coordinates18°50′46″N093°40′58″E/ 18.84611°N 93.68278°E/18.84611; 93.68278
Map
MGU is located in Myanmar
MGU
MGU
Location of airport in Myanmar
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 4,000 1,219 Bitumen

Manaung Airport(IATA:MGU,ICAO:VYMN) is an airport inManaung,Rakhine State,Myanmar.Manaung Airport was constructed in 1969 forDouglas C-47 Skytrainairplanes as a grass landing airstrip. In the 1983-1984 fiscal year, it was upgraded to be all-weather accessible with a 2,000 ft long bituminous airstrip forTwin Ottertype aircraft. In 2015, The length of the airstrip was then expanded to 4,000 ft[1]for F-27Fokkeraircraft, with only 3,700 ft of the airstrip being upgraded to asphalt concrete surface.

Airlines and destinations[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Myanmar National AirlinesYangon

References[edit]

  1. ^"MNA opens new routes to western Rakhine State".December 25, 2015. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)