Thandwe Airport is an airport serving
Thandwe
Thandwe ("Thandway" in Arakanese; ; formerly Sandoway) is a town and major seaport in Rakhine State, the westernmost part of Myanmar. Thandwe is very ancient, and is said to have been at one time the capital of Rakhine State, then called Arakan. ...
, a town in the
Rakhine State
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of
Myanmar
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. The IATA code is based on the town's name during British colonial rule, Sandoway.
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
*On 16 August 1972, a
Douglas C-47B
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, registration XY-ACM of
Burma Airways
Myanmar National Airlines ( my, မြန်မာအမျိုးသားလေကြောင်း ), formerly Union of Burma Airways, Burma Airways, and Myanma Airways, is a state-owned airline and the flag carrier of Myanmar, based in ...
crashed
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shortly after take-off on a scheduled passenger flight. Twenty-eight people on board were killed and only 3 survived.
*On 17 February 2012, Air KBZ ATR-72-500, XY-AIT overran the runway at Thandwe Airport but no injuries reported.
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Airports in Myanmar
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