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Pakse International Airport

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Location
  
Pakxe

15/33
  
7,874

2,400
  
Asphalt

Elevation
  
107 m

Elevation AMSL
  
351 ft / 107 m

7,874
  
2,400

Code
  
PKZ

Operator
  
Lao People's Armed Forces

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Airport type
  
Military of Laos/Civil Aviation Authority

Pakse International Airport (IATA: PKZ, ICAO: VLPS) is one of the few international airports in Laos. Pakse is the former southern capital city of the Champasak Kingdom.

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Facilities

The airport has been in use since 1959. and re-opened after renovations in 2009. A new control tower next to the terminal replaced a short one to provide ATC at the airport. The terminal is designed to mimic the Lan Xang-style architecture used for Buddhist temples in Laos.

Though civilian, the airfield is also used by the military. Lao People's Army barracks and the headquarters of Military Region 4 are next to the airport. The airport is a military airfield for Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force aircraft as a detachment base.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 16 October 2013, Lao Airlines Flight 301, operated by an ATR 72–600 crashed into the Mekong River on approach to Pakse, killing all 49 people on board. It later determine that the cause of the crash due to pilot error and poor weather.

    • References

    Pakse International Airport Wikipedia
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