Luang Prabang Airport
| Luang Prabang Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | VLLB |
| IATA code | LPQ |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 291 m (955 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 4 km northeast of Luang Prabang |
| Street | National road 13 |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Laotian People's Army / Civil Aviation Authority |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Start-and runway | |
| 06/24 | 2200 m × 45 m asphalt |
The airport of Luang Prabang ( IATA code : LPQ ; ICAO code : VIIb ) is the international airport of the Laotian city of Luang Prabang .
It consists of an asphalt runway (2,200 × 45 m) and a terminal. There are only three other international airports in the country: Pakse Airport in the south, Savannakhet Airport and Vientiane Airport .
Flight connections
The airport is served by Vientiane , Bangkok and Siem Reap and frequented mainly by tourists. There are also flight connections with Chiang Mai and Udon Thani with Lao Airlines and Hanoi with Vietnam Airlines . The connection from Sukhothai has been discontinued.
Incidents
- On February 12, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-80-DL of the French Aigle Azur had an accident while landing at Luang Prabang Airport. All inmates survived.
- On December 4, 1954, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-70-DL of the Aigle Azur (F-BEIA) crashed 30 kilometers north of the departure airport in Luang Prabang. The machine was on the way on behalf of Air Laos to carry out its first scheduled flight on the route Vientiane - Luang Prabang - Namtha - Muong-Sing. All 29 occupants, 3 crew members and 26 passengers were killed.
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- http://www.luangprabangairport.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Accident report DC-3 F-OABK , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 5, 2019.
- ↑ Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 62 (English), September 1996, pp. 96/87.
- ^ Accident report DC-3 F-BEIA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 11, 2019.