Kyaukpyu Airport is an airport in

Kyaukpyu Kyaukpyu ( my, ကျောက်ဖြူမြို့ ; also spelt Kyaukphyu) is a major town in Rakhine State, in western Myanmar. It is located on the north western corner of Yanbye Island on Combermere Bay, and is 250 miles (400 ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

. The runway of Kyaukpyu Airport was 4,620 feet long and 100 feet wide. It is able to handle

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jet aircraft used by Myanma Airways. It is planned to extend the runway by 1,000 feet in 2011 and 1,400 feet in next two years. After that it will have a length of 7,000 feet (ATR72 capable) and a width of 100 feet.http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/newpaper/159newsn.pdf Page 8 Column 4 It appears this never happened, in fact as of 2020, its only 2,500 feet, bu
new attention for runway completion and terminal upgrade.

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