MDLVYMD

Mandalay International Airport

Mandalay, Myanmar · Asia

Asia Asia/Rangoon

19direct destinations

7airlines

1runway

4,268 mLongest runway

1999opened

Mandalay International Airport (IATA: MDL, ICAO: VYMD), located 35 km south of Mandalay in Tada-U, is one of three international airports in Myanmar. Completed in 1999, it replaced the old Mandalay Chanmyathazi Airport as the city's main airport and it was the largest and most modern airport in the country until the modernization of Yangon International Airport in 2008. The airport connects 11 domestic and seven international destinations. Its 4,267 m (14,000 ft) runway is the longest runway in use in Southeast Asia and has the capacity to handle up to 3 million passengers a year.

Location

21.702°N, 95.978°E · 91 m s. n. m. (300 ft)

General data

CountryMyanmar

CityMandalay

IATA codeMDL

ICAO codeVYMD

Coordinates21.702°N, 95.978°E

Elevation91 m s. n. m. (300 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Rangoon

Runways1

Longest runway4,268 m

Opened1999

Direct destinations19

Official website

Runways · 1

17/35

Length4,268 m14,003 ft

Width61 m200 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

118.600

Ground

121.725

Approach

119.200

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

The Mandalay International Airport project was first conceived by the Burmese military government in the mid-1990s as a way to increase foreign investment and tourism in Myanmar. With Yangon boasting the only other international airport in the whole country, the new Mandalay airport was regarded as crucial in achieving a planned 10% annual passenger growth. The hope was for Mandalay to become a hub for flights to other major Asian cities, in particular Beijing, Hanoi, Bangkok, Kolkata, and Dhaka. On 16 November 2014, a consortium of Mitsubishi Group and an affiliate from Japan Airlines signed a concession agreement with the Myanmar government to operate the airport for 30 years. The joint firm undertook the operation, rehabilitation, and maintenance of airport facilities, including terminal buildings and the airport's sole runway, excluding air traffic control, with operations having begun around March 2015. The agreement's main focus is to generate further expansion of domestic and international flights to Mandalay and to increase passenger traffic through the airport. The airport sustained damage during the 2025 Sagaing earthquake.

Airlines operating here · 7

Airlines using it as a main base (hub)

Myanmar National Airlines

Other airlines with direct routes

Mingalar Aviation Services Air Thanlwin Myanmar Airways International Mann Yatanarpon Airlines China Eastern Airlines Ruili Airlines

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Mandalay International Airport (MDL). Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MDL

MLA

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_mdl,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Mandalay International Airport (MDL)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MDL},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MDL}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-20},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

Wikipedia

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