Myanmar Project Bank

Falam (Surbung) New Airport Project

Project Factsheet
Status:
Implementation
Start:
FY2015-2016
End:
FY2019-2020

Sectors

Air transport

Project Description

Surbung Airport in Falam Township, Chin State is expected to open in 2020. It will link Chin to seven other states in Myanmar, all of which have at least one airport.

Upon completion of the first airport in Chin State, its runway can accommodate ATR-72-500/600 aircrafts.

Project Expected Benefits

The project is expected to improve accessibility of Chin to and from other regions and states within hours. It will also create an opportunity for developing tourism business and trade, thereby generating economic growth, providing jobs, and increasing revenues from taxes.

Locations

Chin State

Total Project Cost

19.70M

Financing Type

Public Domestic Financing

Implementing Government Agency

Department of Civil Aviation

Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan Alignment

  • Pillar 1:
    Peace & Stability
  • Pillar 2:
    Prosperity & Partnership
  • Pillar 3:
    People & Planet
  • Goal 1
  • Peace, National Reconciliation, Security & Good Governance
  • Goal 2
  • Economic Stability & Strengthened Macroeconomic Management
  • Goal 3
  • Job Creation & Private Sector Led Growth                           
  • Goal 4
  • Human Resources & Social Development for a 21st Century Society
  • Goal 5
  • Natural Resources & the Environment for Posterity of the Nation

Contact Detail

Daw Aye Aye Thant
Executive Engineer/Department of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transport and Communications
ayeayethant.assd@gmail.com