Lawas Airport

Airport in Sarawak, Malaysia
WBGW is located in East Malaysia
WBGW
WBGW
Location in East Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 686 2,251 Bitumen
Source: AIP Malaysia[1]

Lawas Airport (IATA: LWY, ICAO: WBGW)[2] is a Short Take-off and Landing (STOL) airport serving Lawas, a town in Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.

A plan has been made to relocate the current airport to a new site, because the current site is considered unsafe. The airport is located near a river, and some land corrosion had been spotted along the riverbank. The proposed new airport will be able to accommodate ATR 72-500 aircraft operated by MASwings, and the airport will not only be used by people in Lawas, but also people near the surrounding Sarawak-Sabah border.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
MASwings Ba'kelalan, Kota Kinabalu, Limbang, Miri

Incidents and Accidents

  • On 24 August 2011, a MASwings aircraft Twin Otter DHC6 broke off its front landing gear upon landing. All 16 passengers and two crew escaped unharmed in the incident.[3]

See also

  • Aviation portal

References

  1. ^ AIP Malaysia: Index to Aerodromes at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
  2. ^ Airport information for LWY at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ "18 survive crash-landing in Lawas". The Borneo Post. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

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