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.
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]
lawas, airport, iata, icao, wbgw, short, take, landing, stol, airport, serving, lawas, town, limbang, division, sarawak, malaysia, lapangan, terbang, lawasmaswings, twin, otter, lawas, runwayiata, lwyicao, wbgwsummaryairport, typepublicownergovernment, malaysi. 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 AirportLapangan Terbang LawasMASWings Twin Otter on the Lawas runwayIATA LWYICAO WBGWSummaryAirport typePublicOwnerGovernment of MalaysiaOperatorMalaysia Airports Holdings BerhadServesLawasLocationLawas Sarawak MalaysiaTime zoneMST UTC 08 00 Elevation AMSL5 ft 2 mCoordinates04 50 57 N 115 24 10 E 4 84917 N 115 40278 E 4 84917 115 40278MapWBGWLocation in East MalaysiaRunwaysDirection Length Surfacem ft01 19 686 2 251 BitumenSource 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 Contents 1 Airlines and destinations 2 Incidents and Accidents 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksAirlines and destinations editAirlinesDestinationsMalaysia Airlines operated by MASwingsBa kelalan Kota Kinabalu Limbang MiriIncidents and Accidents editOn 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 edit nbsp Aviation portalList of airports in MalaysiaReferences edit 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 edit nbsp 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 nbsp This article about a Malaysian airport is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lawas Airport amp oldid 1109157370, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
