Khamti Airport
Encyclopedia
Khamti Airport , also known as Hkamti Airport, is an airport
serving Khamti (Hkamti)
, a town in the Khamti (Hkamti) District
of the Sagaing Division
in northwestern Burma.
of 6000 feet (1,829 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
which measures 1280 by 26 m (4,199.5 by 85.3 ). The runway was extended in 2005.
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
serving Khamti (Hkamti)
Singkaling Hkamti
Khamti, Hkamti, Singkaling Hkamti, Singkawng, Kanti or Kantee is a town in Hkamti District, Sagaing Division, in northwestern Burma...
, a town in the Khamti (Hkamti) District
Hkamti District
Hkamti District or Khamti District is a district in northern Sagaing Division of Burma . Its administrative center is the town of Singkaling Hkamti....
of the Sagaing Division
Sagaing Division
Sagaing Region is an administrative region of Burma , located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east...
in northwestern Burma.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 6000 feet (1,829 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
which measures 1280 by 26 m (4,199.5 by 85.3 ). The runway was extended in 2005.