Lawas Airport

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.

Lawas Airport

Lapangan Terbang Lawas
MASWings Twin Otter on the Lawas runway
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Malaysia
OperatorMalaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
ServesLawas
LocationLawas, Sarawak, Malaysia
Time zoneMST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL5 ft / 2 m
Coordinates04°50′57″N 115°24′10″E
Map
WBGW
Location in East Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 686 2,251 Bitumen
Source: AIP Malaysia[1]

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
Malaysia Airlines
operated by 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

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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