Mukah Airport

Mukah Airport (IATA: MKM[3], ICAO: WBGK) is a STOLport (Short Take-Off and Landing airport) in Mukah, a town in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia.

Mukah Airport

Lapangan Terbang Mukah
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Malaysia
OperatorMalaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
ServesMukah Division, Sarawak, East Malaysia
LocationMukah, Sarawak, East Malaysia
Time zoneMST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates02°54′25″N 112°04′30″E
Map
WBGK
Location in East Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 1,097 3,599 Bitumen
Statistics (2018)
Passenger40,919 ( 10.2%)
Aircraft movements4,360 ( 3.0%)
Source: official web site [1]
AIP Malaysia[2]

In 2018, the STOLport handled 40,919 passengers and 4,360 aircraft movements.[1]

Airlines and destinations
MASwings de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter plane ready to welcome passengers in January 2021.
AirlinesDestinations
Malaysia Airlines
operated by MASwings 		Bintulu, Kuching, Miri, Sibu, Tanjung Manis

Traffic and statistics
Annual passenger and aircraft statistics[4][1]
Year PassengersAircraft movements
2004
30,377
2,772
2005
31,807
2,846
2006
25,874
2,896
2007
20,908
2,378
2008
28,875
2,608
2009
34,979
2,932
2010
38,810
3,152
2011
37,450
3,258
2012
36,323
3,080
2013
34,247
2,996
2014
37,968
3,370
2015
35,935
3,258
2016
36,182
4,467
2017
37,148
4,234
2018
40,919
4,360

Future developments

In April 2009, the federal government allocated RM436 million for a new airport in Mukah. As at 2020, the airport cost was revealed to be RM360 million by Deputy Chief Minister James Jemut Masing.[5] This new airport will replace the old one and will allow Mukah Airport to accommodate Code 3C (ATR 72) type of aircraft, with a terminal capacity of 250,000 passengers per annum. The airport will also be equipped with a new VVIP room, government staff quarters, immigration counters, quarantine section as well as new facilities for an air traffic control tower.[6][7] Works began in July 2017 and are scheduled for completion by August 2020.[6] The main contractors in this project are Ibraco Construction Sdn Bhd and Hock Peng Furniture & General Contractor Sdn Bhd. Due to the Movement Control Order, the airport is expected to be operational in the second quarter of 2021, later than previously scheduled .[7]

See also

References
  1. at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  2. WBGB - BINTULU at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
  3. Airport information for MKM at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. "Mukah STOLport" (PDF). Malaysia Airports Berhad. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  5. "Works on Mukah's new RM360-million airport set for completion by January 2021". The Borneo Post. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  7. Moh, Jane (23 December 2020). "Mukah Airport to be operational by second quarter of 2021". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 19 January 2021.


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