Stung Treng Airport

Yes Stung Treng has an Airport though when a plane last landed, I do not know.

Angela outside Airport building

Today it is a fairly quiet place awaiting its next role in the story of Cambodia. I like to go there on my bicycle for a ride in the evening before it goes dark. From the house it is about 20 mins ride and the same back by a circular route.

Control tower

I’m told it used to be the first place VSO Volunteers saw when they arrived in Stung Treng by plane as the roads used to be nonexistent or too dangerous to travel from Phnom Penh to Stung Treng.

The Runway

Friends in the Military visiting recently said it would still be possible to land large military planes there, I thought there was too much loose gravel about but apparently it’s OK.

Angela cycling down the runway

Most facilities are still there although on a small scale i.e. a little Control tower, small waiting room? Departure area etc.

Windsock

The airport resides at an elevation of 203 feet (62 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 02/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,295 by 21 metres (4,249 × 69 ft).^[1]

Follow this Link it looks nothing like that!:

http://www.flightstats.com/go/Airport/airportDetails.do?airportCode=TNX

AERODROME FACILITIES
Facility		Dimension,m	Surface	Strength
Runway		1300=(1170x29+130x20)	Bitumen	50 tones
RWY shoulder			Grass	N/A
RWY strips		1420x150	Grass	N/A
RWY End Safety Area	02	60x60	Grass	N/A
	20	150x60	Grass	N/A
Taxiway		135x18	Bitumen	50 tones
				50 tones
TWY shoulder			Grass	N/A
Apron		150x80 | 3 stands	Bitumen	50 tone

 Departure Lounge

Control tower

It's a nice place to go, a feeling of space and being quiet.

Will we ever see an airoplane there? Who knows possibly, a Helicopter.