- IATA
- RGN
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- VYYY
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1947
- per Wikidata
- Routes here
- 1
- in the catalogue
History & name
Yangon International Airport opened in 1947 and takes its name from Yangon, the Myanmar city it serves from 12 km away. It has one runway of 3,414 m and sits at an elevation of 109 feet.
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Yangon International Airport
- Serves
- Yangon, Myanmar
- City centre
- 12 km from Yangon
- Opened
- 1947
- Runways
- 1 runway, 3,414 m
- Elevation
- 109 ft (33 m)
- Website
- yangonairportonline.com ↗
Where it sits
16.9°N, 96.1°E puts RGN in the northern hemisphere, 1,880 km from the equator and 8,128 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 426th most northerly, which makes it the 236th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 16.9°S, 83.9°W. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Jorge Chávez (LIM) in Peru, still 907 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Nay Pyi Taw (NYT), 302 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from RGN
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangkok | BKK | 611 km | 1h 16m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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