Sittwe Airport

Sittwe Airport (IATA: AKY, ICAO: VYSW) is an airport in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar.

It started as Royal Air Force station RAF Akyab,[a] a military airfield in World War II.

It was handed over to Department of Civil Aviation by International Aero Limited Company on 24 July 1947.

It is equipped with HF, VHF, NDB, Night Landing Facilities such as airfield lighting, approach light and remote control air ground machines.

In early 2024 it was reported that conscription-age passengers arriving at this airport were interrogated by members of the Tatmadaw, with some being taken to a nearby military base to begin their period of conscripted service in the forces of the military junta due to the country's civil war.