Pakse Airport
| Pakse Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | VLPS |
| IATA code | PKZ |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 107 m (351 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 5 km northwest of Pakse |
| Street | National road 13 |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Laotian People's Army / Civil Aviation Authority |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Start-and runway | |
| 15/33 | 1625 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Pakse International Airport ( IATA code : PKZ , ICAO code : VLPs ) is the international airport of the city of Pakse in southern Laos .
It consists of an asphalt runway (1,625 × 45 m) and a terminal. There are only three other international airports in the country: the Luang Prabang , the Savannakhet airport and from Vientiane .
Flight connections
With Lao Airlines to Bangkok , Ho Chi Minh City , Luang Prabang , Savannakhet , Siem Reap , Vientiane .
Incidents
- On August 16, 1954, the pilots of an Air Vietnam Bristol 170 Mk.21E ( aircraft registration F-VNAI ) avoided an emergency landing at Pakse Airport on their flight from Hanoi to Saigon due to engine problems . On approach, the machine crashed into a tributary of the Mekong . On the flight, family members were evacuated by troops from the Red River area in northern Vietnam; the plane was overloaded. Of the 55 inmates, 47 were killed, 46 passengers and one steward. This was the worst accident involving a Bristol 170.
- On October 16, 2013 crashed ATR 72 -600 (RDPL-34233) of the Lao Airlines coming from the Vientiane airport after a failed landing on the airport Pakse at 15:55 local time in the river Mekong . All 49 occupants died (see also Lao Airlines flight 301 ) .
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 60 (English), March 1996, pp. 96/31.
- ^ Accident report Bristol 170 F-VNAI , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 4, 2019.
- ↑ www.laoairlines.com ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. CEO Press Conference, October 17, 2013. Accessed October 23, 2013.
- ^ Accident report ATR 72 RDPL-34233 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 4, 2019.
