Putao Airport guide

Putao Airport (ICAO VYPT) serves the far north of Kachin State, close to Myanmar's border with India and China. It sits at about 465 metres (1,524 feet) above sea level, in the Hkakabo Razi foothills. The airfield grew out of Fort Hertz, an isolated British outpost that the Allies supplied by air during the Burma Campaign in World War II.

The airport has one bitumen runway, 17/35, which measures 2,134 metres (7,002 feet). Air access matters here because overland travel into the Putao area is limited and slow, and the town lies well beyond the end of the national rail network. Flights connect Putao mainly to Myitkyina, the Kachin State capital, with onward links to Mandalay and Yangon.

Wikipedia lists Air Thanlwin, Mingalar Aviation Services, Myanmar Airways International and Myanmar National Airlines on the Myitkyina route, although those listings date from 2014 to 2016. Travel sites disagree on which carriers fly today, and some describe the traffic as mostly charter and private operations. Flights depend on the weather, so travellers should confirm schedules with the airline before they leave. No official passenger or aircraft movement statistics are published for the airport.