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 | |||||||||||
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 MASWings Twin Otter on the Lawas runway | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Lawas | ||||||||||
| Location | Lawas, Sarawak, Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 04°50′57″N 115°24′10″E | ||||||||||
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  WBGW Location in East Malaysia | |||||||||||
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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 |
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
- AIP Malaysia: Index to Aerodromes at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
- Airport information for LWY at Great Circle Mapper.
- "18 survive crash-landing in Lawas". The Borneo Post. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lawas Airport.
- Short Take-Off and Landing Airports (STOL) at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- Accident history for LWY at Aviation Safety Network
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