| Nativename | Lapangan Terbang Lawas |
|---|---|
| Iata | LWY |
| Icao | WBGW |
| Owner | Government of Malaysia |
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad |
| City-served | Lawas |
| Location | Lawas, Sarawak, Malaysia |
| Time zone | MST |
| Utc | UTC+08:00 |
| Elevation-f | 5 |
| Coordinates | 04°50′57″N 115°24′10″E |
| Metric-rwy | y |
| R1-number | 01/19 |
| R1-length-m | 758 |
| R1-surface | Bitumen |
Lawas Airport [1] 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.
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.[2] The same aircraft would crash two years later as Flight 3002, killing two people.[3]
See also
References
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- ^ "18 survive crash-landing in Lawas". The Borneo Post. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "2 confirmed dead in Twin Otter crash at Kudat". Borneo Post Online. 2013-10-10. Retrieved 2026-05-21.
External links
- Short Take-Off and Landing Airports (STOL) Archived 2018-11-25 at the Wayback Machine at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- Accident history for LWY at Aviation Safety Network