# Thandwe Airport (SNW / VYTD)

**Thandwe Airport** (IATA: SNW, ICAO: VYTD) is a medium airport in Thandwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar. It has one runway, 1,677 m (5,502 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SNW / VYTD
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Thandwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar
- Elevation: 6 m / 20 ft
- Coordinates: 18.4607, 94.3001
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,677 m / 5,502 ft
- Time zone: UTC+6:30 · Asia/Yangon
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandwe_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1320550
- Ident: VYTD

## Timeline

- 16 Aug 1972: 1972 Thandwe crash. 28 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,677 m / 5,502 ft | 31 m / 102 ft | Asphalt | 020° / 200° |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (6)

- [KYP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vykp.md) Kyaukpyu Airport · Myanmar (Burma) · 134 km / 83 mi · Myanmar National Airlines
- [BSX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vypn.md) Pathein Airport · Myanmar (Burma) · 190 km / 118 mi · Myanmar National Airlines
- [AKY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vysw.md) Sittwe Airport · Myanmar (Burma) · 239 km / 149 mi · Mann Yatanarpon Airlines, Mingalar Aviation Services
- [RGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vyyy.md) Yangon International Airport · Myanmar (Burma) · 260 km / 162 mi · Myanmar National Airlines, Mann Yatanarpon Airlines, Mingalar Aviation Services, Air Thanlwin
- [HEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vyhh.md) Heho Airport · Myanmar (Burma) · 364 km / 226 mi · Mingalar Aviation Services
- [MDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vymd.md) Mandalay International Airport · Myanmar (Burma) · 401 km / 249 mi · Myanmar National Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- UB [Myanmar National Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/myanmar-national-airlines) · 4
- K7 [Mingalar Aviation Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mingalar-aviation-services) · 3
- 7Y [Mann Yatanarpon Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mann-yatanarpon-airlines) · 2
- ST [Air Thanlwin](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-thanlwin) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,677 m / 5,502 ft | =5,380 of 29,858 | =1,277 in Asia | =28 in MM |
| Elevation | 6 m / 20 ft | =41,280 of 43,403 | =2,909 in Asia | =69 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

- [MGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vymn.md) Manaung Airport · 77 km / 48 mi
- [GWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vygw.md) Gwa Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [PRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vypy.md) Pyay Airport · 110 km / 68 mi
- [KYP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vykp.md) Kyaukpyu Airport · 134 km / 83 mi
- [VBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vyan.md) Ann Airport · 148 km / 92 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Thandwe Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thandwe_Airport&oldid=1363082685), 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/vytd/data