# Sittwe Airport (AKY)

> Sittwe, MM · IATA: AKY · ICAO: VYSW · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `AKY` |
| ICAO | `VYSW` |
| City | Sittwe |
| Country | MM |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 8 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 20.13317, 92.87069 |

## Description

For freight, ship beats plane at Sittwe by a wide margin: the city's deep-water port anchors the India-backed Kaladan multimodal scheme, linking Kolkata across the Bay of Bengal to the Kaladan river and northeast India. Sittwe Airport (AKY) itself handles only domestic passenger flights to Yangon and offers no cargo processing of its own. Rice, fuel, vehicles and construction materials move through the seaport and inland-water terminal rather than across the runway. Air freight for the region consolidates at Yangon (RGN), leaving AKY a passenger-only node. Persistent security conditions in surrounding townships still complicate reliable surface lead times.

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