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MY FS FLIGHTS
MY FS FLIGHTS
Tachileik Airport (VYTL/THL) serves the border town of Tachileik in Shan State, eastern Myanmar, close to the frontier with Thailand and the Mekong River. It is a modest, government-operated field built around a single hard-surfaced runway, handling a scattering of domestic services to other Myanmar destinations.
Tachileik Airport, also rendered Tachilek Airport, is a government-operated airfield serving the town of Tachileik in Shan State, eastern Myanmar. It sits in a distinctive border location, close to Thailand and not far from the Mekong River, which gives the approach and departure a scenic and culturally varied backdrop. For a simulator pilot it offers a straightforward single-runway operation set in a remote, mountainous part of Southeast Asia, with a mix of domestic turboprop traffic linking it to other Myanmar towns and cities.
The airfield lies at 20.4848 N, 99.9348 E, at an elevation of 1273 feet, in the far east of Shan State close to the border with Thailand. No specific detail on the surrounding airspace classification, control zone dimensions or neighbouring controlled airspace is available.
Tachileik has a single physical runway, 04/22, measuring 6995 feet and surfaced in hard material (bitumen). Both ends are lit. There is no ILS or other instrument approach aid associated with the runway.
The tower callsign operates on 118.7 MHz.
Tachileik Airport is a government-operated facility serving the town of Tachileik (also spelled Tachilek) in Shan State. Beyond its basic identity as a Burmese domestic airport, little detailed historical record is available.
Tachileik continues to handle domestic air services, with airlines including Mann Yadanarpon Airlines, Mingalar Aviation Services, Myanmar Airways International and Myanmar National Airlines operating flights to destinations such as Heho, Kyaingtong, Lashio, Mandalay, Myitkyina and Yangon. For flight simulator users, third-party scenery for VYTL has been produced for Microsoft Flight Simulator, offering a rendition of the airport for those wishing to fly into this border-area field.