{"id":1067,"date":"2026-05-26T13:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectbank.aggademo.com\/?post_type=project_proposal&p=1067"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:48:21","slug":"thandwe-airport-runway-upgrading-project","status":"publish","type":"project_proposal","link":"https:\/\/www.projectbank.gov.mm\/my\/project-proposal\/thandwe-airport-runway-upgrading-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Thandwe Airport Runway Upgrading Project"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-1067","project_proposal","type-project_proposal","status-publish","hentry","tag-previous-data"],"contact_person_name":"U Lin Aye","project_id":"PB-ID-1018","date_created":"2019-11-13","position_department":"Deputy Superintendent Engineer\/Department of Aviation, Ministry of Transport and Communications","date_last_modified":"2020-09-09","phone_number":"067 1533013","address":"","project_name_myanmar":"Thandwe Airport Runway Upgrading Project","email":"linaye@dcamyanmar.com","project_name_en":"Thandwe Airport Runway Upgrading Project","project_description_english":"The project involves upgrading of the Thandwe Airport to an international airport. It is currently only able to service ATR-72\/500 and Embraer-190 aircrafts. The airport upgrading project will allow A 320 and, subsequently, B737-800 aircrafts to land.\r\n\r\nTo accommodate A 320 and B 737-800 aircrafts, the runway width is extended from 100 ft to 150 ft and a 2-inch asphalt concrete overlay is applied to the existing runway.","website":"","project_description_myanmar":"The project involves upgrading of the Thandwe Airport to an international airport. It is currently only able to service ATR-72\/500 and Embraer-190 aircrafts. 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