Lashio Airport

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| name = Lashio Airport

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| image = Lashio airport checkin counter - panoramio.jpg

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| caption = Lashio airport checkin counter

| IATA = LSH

| ICAO = VYLS

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Myanmar

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| location = Lashio, Myanmar

| elevation-f = 2516

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| coordinates = {{coord|22|58|33|N|097|45|09|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}

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| r1-number = 01/19

| r1-length-f = 5285

| r1-length-m = 1611

| r1-surface = Bitumen

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Lashio Airport {{airport codes|LSH|VYLS}} is an airport in Lashio, Myanmar. It is near the former headquarters of Northeast Military Command. On 30 July 2024 the airport was captured by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army.[https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmars-military-hit-by-deadly-ambush-in-attempt-to-reinforce-stranded-troops.html Myanmar’s Military Hit by Deadly Ambush in Attempt to Reinforce Stranded Troops], 1 August 2024

Airlines and destinations

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| Mingalar Aviation Services | Heho, Yangon

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Accidents and incident

  • On 23 May 1969, Douglas DC-3 XY-ACR of Union of Burma Airways crashed on approach to Lashio Airport, killing all six people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690523-1 |title=XY-ACR Accident Description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |accessdate=14 February 2011}}

References

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{{Airports in Myanmar}}

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Category:Airports in Myanmar

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