Savannakhet Airport ສະຫນາມບິນສະຫວັນນະເຂດ |
|||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Savannakhet Airport (2010)
|
|||||||||||
Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Location | Savannakhet | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 509 ft / 155 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 16°33′24″N 104°45′34″E / 16.55667°N 104.75944°E | ||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||
Location of airport in Laos | |||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
|
Savannakhet Airport (IATA: ZVK, ICAO: VLSK) is an airport near Savannakhet, Laos.
This airport is now served by Lao Airlines as an intermediate stop in its 3 times/week Pakse-Bangkok service, which commenced at 2008. The aircraft used on this service is the Chinese built Xian MA60. The airline is planning to use ATR72 aircraft on Vientiane-Savannakhet-Pakse-Da Nang route.
The US military has also been known to use this airport with C-130 Hercules airplanes supporting teams engaged in searching for remains of servicemen declared MIA in the Vietnam war.