Reaching Yangon Airport in the cheapest way

The Yangon Airport is situated 10 miles away from the downtown. A cab or a taxi takes more than an hour to reach the airport due to heavy congestion on the roads. In general, a taxi would take around 8000 to 9000 kyats to take you to the airport, sometimes even more. Though it is not the most expensive way to travel but there are a few more cheaper options to reach the airport.
The best and a very cheap option is to take the local bus services called the Yangon Bus Service (YBS).
There are over 200 local YBS buses plying on the Yangon roads. So if you are in downtown or near Shwedagon Pagoda take the bus no. 36 and travel all the way to Kabaya Pagoda bus stop and from there take bus no. 6 to 'Se Mai' bus stop (meaning 10th mile). Once you are there at the Se mai stop it's a 20 minute walk to the airport. If you don't like walking you can take a pickup which will drop you to the airport for 200 kyats.  This way to reach the airport will cost you 400 kyats. (one bus travel costs 200 kyats) or 600 kyats of you take the pickup. Anyways it is much cheaper than the taxi. Plus you enjoy the experience of walking all the way to the airport which is a rare thing to do.
The cheapest and the slowest option to reach the airport is to take the circular train. The circular train runs through the Yangon city and its nearby suburbs. You can board the train from any nearby train stop and reach the Okkalarpa station. From there it's a 25 minute walk or you still have an option to take a cab or a pickup from there. This will cost you just 200 kyats. But remember it takes a 1.5 hours to reach Okkalarpa station from the central train station.
I took the bus to reach the airport. It's a nice way to see Yangon's culture and people. You will probably be the only non Burmese on the bus. But it's a good experience meeting and exchanging smiles to the local passengers. Sometimes the bus gets to crowded, so avoid the rush hours.