Airports / Myanmar / MDL
Mandalay International Airport
VYMD / MDLMandalay, MyanmarELEV 300 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
46 nm
To the nearest alternate
Shante Air Base (VYST) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Mandalay, Myanmar, Mandalay International Airport (VYMD / MDL) operates as a large commercial airport. The field lies at an elevation of 300 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
MDL has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Shante Air Base (VYST, 46 nm), Meiktila Air Base (VYML, 49 nm), and Heho Airport (HEH, 73 nm).
Quotes for flights out of MDL vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from MDL, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
VYMD
IATA
MDL
FAA / Local
VYMD
Elevation
300 ft
Coordinates
21.7022° N · 95.9779° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Myanmar fields
state range 20–3,858 ft
At 300 ft, MDL sits lower than 64% of the 22 Myanmar fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 46nmVYSTShante Air BaseMeiktila
- 49nmVYMLMeiktila Air BaseMeiktila
- 73nmHEHHeho AirportHeho
- 91nmMOEMomeik Airport
- 110nmNMSNamsang AirportNamsang
- 125nmLSHLashio AirportLashio
Location
Open the full mapVYMD · Mandalay International Airport · Mandalay, Myanmar