# Kawthoung Airport (KAW / VYKT)

**Kawthoung Airport** (IATA: KAW, ICAO: VYKT) is a medium airport in Kawthoung, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar. It has one runway, 1,829 m (6,000 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vykt

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KAW / VYKT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kawthoung, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar
- Elevation: 55 m / 180 ft
- Coordinates: 10.0493, 98.5380
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,829 m / 6,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+6:30 · Asia/Yangon
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawthaung_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1321687
- Weather station: VTSR · WMO 48532
- Ident: VYKT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 018° / 198° | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [MGZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vyme.md) Myeik Airport · Myanmar (Burma) · 266 km / 165 mi · Myanmar National Airlines
- [TVY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vydw.md) Dawei Airport · Myanmar (Burma) · 452 km / 281 mi · Myanmar National Airlines, Mingalar Aviation Services
- [RGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vyyy.md) Yangon International Airport · Myanmar (Burma) · 806 km / 501 mi · Myanmar National Airlines, Mingalar Aviation Services

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KAW, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- UB [Myanmar National Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/myanmar-national-airlines) · 3
- K7 [Mingalar Aviation Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mingalar-aviation-services) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | =4,614 of 29,858 | =1,198 in Asia | #27 in MM |
| Elevation | 55 m / 180 ft | =34,439 of 43,403 | =2,020 in Asia | #48 in MM |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in MM |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [UNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsr.md) Ranong Airport · 31 km / 19 mi
- [CJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtse.md) Chumphon Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [URT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsb.md) Surat Thani Airport · 121 km / 75 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Kawthaung Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kawthaung_Airport&oldid=1363048084), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vykt/data