AirportsBanmaw Airport is a small airport serving Banmaw, in Kachin State, Myanmar. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BMO.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BMO
- ICAO code
- VYBM
- City
- Banmaw
- State or region
- Kachin State
- Country
- Myanmar
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 24.2704° N, 97.2476° E
- Elevation
- 113 m (370 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,677 m (5,502 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BMO means Banmaw Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VYBM. ICAO codes that begin with V belong to South Asia and mainland South-East Asia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 24.2704° N, 97.2476° E. It stands 113 metres (370 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Mengmao, about 69 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Yangon, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Banmaw Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,677 metres (5,502 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 22 airports of Myanmar on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 15.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 1,677 m 5,502 ft | 31 m | Bitumen | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Myitkyina AirportMyitkyina | MYT | 124 km |
| Dehong Mangshi International AirportDehong (Mangshi), China | LUM | 131 km |
| Tengchong Tuofeng AirportBaoshan (Tengchong), China | TCZ | 146 km |
| Lashio AirportLashio | LSH | 153 km |
| Baoshan Yunrui AirportBaoshan (Longyang), China | BSD | 213 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,060 km | 3 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,580 km | 3 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,212 km | 5 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,428 km | 10 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,738 km | 15 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,525 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,650 km | 3 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,252 km | 5 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,622 km | 10 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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