Airport · Myanmar
Sittwe Airport
A medium airport with scheduled flights, serving Sittwe.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Rakhine at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
- Codes
- AKY · VYSW
- Serves
- Sittwe
- 3.2 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Asia/Yangon
- Elevation
- 8 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 1,829 m
- From DXB
- 3,880 km
- 5 hrs 20 mins · Estimate
Facts
AKY at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA AKYICAO VYSW
- Size
- Medium
- Serves
- Sittwe
- To the city centre
- 3.2 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 8 m (27 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 1,829 m
- Time zone
- Asia/Yangon
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Sittwe, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
AKY from the UAE
From DXBAKY
3,880 km
5 hrs 20 mins · Estimate
From AUHAKY
3,950 km
5 hrs 25 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Facts
Practical facts
The currency, plugs and emergency numbers of Myanmar, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Asia/Yangon
- Country
- Myanmar
- Currency
- Myanmar Kyat MMKToday's indicative rate: MMK 1,000 ≈ USD 0.476Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type C, F and G230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 191fire192ambulance199policeAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +95 · On the right
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Rakhine at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)