Transportation
The strategic road between India and Myanmar, built with assistance from the Government of India, is the 165 kilometres (103 mi) Tamu Kalayamyo road. The Border Roads Organization, a parastatal organization of the Government of India, started construction of this road in 1997, which was opened by the Foreign Minister of India in 2001. This road has facilitated trans-border movement between India and Myanmar. Apart from this road, the town is well connected by a network of roads with Kalay, GantGaw, Monywa, Yarje and Mandalay. The important road route during the rainy season is the Kalay-GuntGaw-MonYwar-Mandalay road and during winter it is the Kalay-Myoma-Yarje-Monywar-Mandalay Route.
Rail services also operate between Kalayamyo and GuntGaw. This line passes through the PounTaun Poun Nyar Tunnel.
Inland water transport is also available up to Kalaywa, which is 24 kilometres (15 mi)short of Kalaymyo. On this route, Morlike, Homalin, Khunte, Mingin and Monywar are also accessible.
There is an airport at Kalaymyo, an extension of a British-built Second World War airstrip that was used to ferry troops and supplies into Burma during the British reconquest of Burma in 1945. The airport is located in the middle of the town. Myanma Airways, Bagan Airways, Mandalay Airways and Air KBZ operate regular air services to and from Yangon, Mandalay and Kalaymyo. The airport is at an elevation of 499 feet (152 m); it has a 79 metres (259 ft) wide and 1,677 metres (5,502 ft) long runway with blacktopped surface.
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