Vjikiun (2011), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Name
Lawas Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
WBGW / LWY / WBGW
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
3:08 am (MST)
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Municipality
Lawas
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Coordinates
4° 50′ 57″ N 115° 24′ 28″ E
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Elevation
18 ft (5 m MSL)
About Lawas Airport
Lawas Airport (IATA: LWY, ICAO: WBGW) 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.
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