Louangnamtha Airport
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Louangnamtha Airport is an airport
in Laos
, located 6 km south of the city of Louang Namtha
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The airport was closed between 2006 and 2008 for a renovation that extended the runway from 1200 meters to 1600 meters, allowing larger aircraft like the ATR 72
to use the airport, and built a new 700 sq.m. passenger terminal.
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
in Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
, located 6 km south of the city of Louang Namtha
Louang Namtha
Louang Namtha or Luang Nam Tha is a town and the capital of Louang Namtha Province in northern Laos. The city lies on the Tha River .Luang Namtha is the largest settlement in Laos north of Luang Prabang...
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The airport was closed between 2006 and 2008 for a renovation that extended the runway from 1200 meters to 1600 meters, allowing larger aircraft like the ATR 72
ATR 72
The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliner built by the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR. ATR and Airbus are both built in Toulouse, and share resources and technology...
to use the airport, and built a new 700 sq.m. passenger terminal.