AirportsMyitkyina Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Myitkyina, in Kachin State, Myanmar. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MYT.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MYT
- ICAO code
- VYMK
- City
- Myitkyina
- State or region
- Kachin State
- Country
- Myanmar
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 25.3836° N, 97.3519° E
- Elevation
- 145 m (475 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,859 m (6,100 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MYT means Myitkyina Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VYMK. 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 25.3836° N, 97.3519° E. It stands 145 metres (475 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Tengyue, about 125 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
Myitkyina Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,859 metres (6,100 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 12.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 1,859 m 6,100 ft | 30 m | Bitumen | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Banmaw AirportBanmaw | BMO | 124 km |
| Tengchong Tuofeng AirportBaoshan (Tengchong), China | TCZ | 124 km |
| Dehong Mangshi International AirportDehong (Mangshi), China | LUM | 162 km |
| Kanti AirportKanti | KHM | 181 km |
| Baoshan Yunrui AirportBaoshan (Longyang), China | BSD | 186 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,036 km | 2 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,611 km | 3 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,202 km | 5 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,339 km | 10 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,617 km | 15 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,414 km | 15 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,766 km | 3 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,187 km | 5 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,705 km | 11 h 00 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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