Lawas Airport
| Lawas Airport Lapangan Terbang Lawas 老越机场 |
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MASWings Twin Otter on the Lawas runway
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| IATA: LWY – ICAO: WBGW | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Lawas, Sarawak, East Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Location | Lawas, Sarawak, East Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
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Lawas Airport (IATA: LWY, ICAO: WBGW)[2] is a Short Take-off and Landing (STOL) airport serving Lawas, a town in the state of Sarawak in 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
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Malaysia Airlines operated by MASwings | Ba'kelalan, Kota Kinabalu, Limbang, Miri |
See also
References
- ↑ AIP Malaysia: Index to Aerodromes at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
- ↑ Airport information for LWY at Great Circle Mapper.
External links
- Short Take-Off and Landing Airports (STOL) at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- Accident history for LWY at Aviation Safety Network
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