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Long Banga Airport (IATA: LBP[2]) is an airport serving Long Banga, Marudi District, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Long Banga Airport Lapangan Terbang Long Banga
IATA: LBP ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Malaysia Airports Berhad
Serves	Long Banga, Sarawak, Malaysia
Time zone	MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	750 ft / 229 m
Coordinates	03°12′08″N 115°24′07″E
Map
LBP Location in East Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 550 1,804 Bitumen
Source: AIP Malaysia[1]

History

The airport was a small grass airstrip until 1965. During the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, the British Army established a forward base here and improved the airstrip with the aid of a small bulldozer parachuted in by the RAF.^{[citation needed]}

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Malaysia Airlines operated by MASwings	Marudi, Miri

References

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