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
MASWings Twin Otter on the Lawas runway
IATA: LWY ICAO: WBGW
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
Map
WBGW Location in East Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 686 2,251 Bitumen
Source: 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.

Airlines and destinations

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

• List of airports in Malaysia

References

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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