# Sittwe Airport (AKY / VYSW)

**Sittwe Airport** (IATA: AKY, ICAO: VYSW) is a medium airport in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar. It has one runway, 1,829 m (6,001 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AKY / VYSW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar
- Elevation: 8 m / 27 ft
- Coordinates: 20.1332, 92.8707
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,829 m / 6,001 ft
- Time zone: UTC+6:30 · Asia/Yangon
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sittwe_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1927143
- Weather station: VYSW · WMO 48062
- Ident: VYSW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,829 m / 6,001 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 104° / 284° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [KYP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vykp.md) Kyaukpyu Airport · Myanmar (Burma) · 105 km / 65 mi · Myanmar National Airlines
- [NYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vynt.md) Nay Pyi Taw International Airport · Myanmar (Burma) · 353 km / 219 mi · Myanmar National Airlines
- [BSX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vypn.md) Pathein Airport · Myanmar (Burma) · 420 km / 261 mi · Myanmar National Airlines
- [RGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vyyy.md) Yangon International Airport · Myanmar (Burma) · 497 km / 309 mi · Myanmar National Airlines, Mann Yatanarpon Airlines, Mingalar Aviation Services

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- UB [Myanmar National Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/myanmar-national-airlines) · 4
- 7Y [Mann Yatanarpon Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mann-yatanarpon-airlines) · 1
- K7 [Mingalar Aviation Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mingalar-aviation-services) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,829 m / 6,001 ft | =4,583 of 29,858 | =1,195 in Asia | #26 in MM |
| Elevation | 8 m / 27 ft | =40,737 of 43,403 | =2,822 in Asia | #68 in MM |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in MM |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 119.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [VYMU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vymu.md) Mrauk-U Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [KYP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vykp.md) Kyaukpyu Airport · 105 km / 65 mi
- [VBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vyan.md) Ann Airport · 127 km / 79 mi
- [VYPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vype.md) Seinzan (Paletwa) Airport · 128 km / 80 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: “Sittwe Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sittwe_Airport&oldid=1363079278), 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/vysw/data