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Sandakan Airport (IATA: SDK, ICAO: WBKS) is a domestic airport which serves Sandakan in Sandakan District, Sabah, Malaysia. It is located 14 km (8.7 mi)[2] west of downtown Sandakan. In 2005, the airport handled 621,513 passengers and registered 10,876 flights.[1]

Sandakan Airport, Malaysia Lapangan Terbang Sandakan
IATA: SDK ICAO: WBKS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Khazanah Nasional Berhad
Operator	Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves	Sandakan Division, Sabah, East Malaysia
Location	Sandakan, Sabah, East Malaysia
Time zone	MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	46 ft / 14 m
Coordinates	05°54′06″N 118°02′55″E
Maps
Sabah state in Malaysia
SDK /WBKS Location in Sabah State , East Malaysia Show map of Borneo SDK /WBKS SDK /WBKS (East Malaysia) Show map of East Malaysia SDK /WBKS SDK /WBKS (Malaysia) Show map of Malaysia SDK /WBKS SDK /WBKS (Southeast Asia) Show map of Southeast Asia SDK /WBKS SDK /WBKS (Asia) Show map of Asia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passenger 362,692 ( 66.5%) Airfreight (tonnes) 1,657 ( 34.9%) Aircraft movements 6,034 ( 50.5%)
Sources: Official web site[1] AIP Malaysia[2]

History

World War II

The site was selected during World War II for a Royal Air Force (RAF) airfield, but by the time of the Japanese invasion of Borneo, work had not progressed beyond clearing the area of vegetation.[3] After the Fall of Singapore, the Japanese military decided that its aircraft needed a refuelling stop between peninsular Malaya and the Philippines and decided to complete the RAF airfield site.[3] The Japanese Army transferred some 1,500 British and Australian prisoners of war from Singapore to work on the airfield.[3] Commencing in August 1942, the prisoners, along with thousands of Javanese- and local labourers, built the airfield by hand, including a 1,400-metre (4,593 ft) runway, on a site composed of tufa.[4][5] The airfield received its first flight in December 1942, when General Yamawaki Masataka landed in a bomber aircraft and declared the airfield open.[6][7] At various times in 1945, all remaining prisoners of war were evacuated from the vicinity of the airfield, with all but six dying during what became known as the Sandakan Death Marches.

Expansion plan

On 7 May 2017, Prime Minister Najib Razak announced an allocation of RM 80 million for the airport runway extension project.[8] The extension project commenced in 2019, but completion is delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][10]

During a meeting with Sabah's Chief Minister Hajiji Noor , Wee Ka Siong the Malaysia Minister of Transport in December 2021 told that the runway extension project will be completed really soon.

On June 2022 the extended runway has been completed along with the adjacent Taxiway Bravo. Runway 08 is equipped with ILS while runway 26 has VOR and RNAV approaches are available.[11]

The new runway length of 2500M(8202feet) allows unrestricted payload take off for narrowbody aircraft like the B737-800, A320, A321. This also allows operations of widebody aircraft like A330 though subjected to either payload or range restrictions.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
AirAsia	Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur–International
Malaysia Airlines	Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur–International
Malaysia Airlines operated by MASwings	Kudat, Lahad Datu, Tawau

Traffic and statistics

Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics

Year	Passengers handled	Passenger % Change	Cargo (tonnes)	Cargo % Change	Aircraft Movements	Aircraft % Change
2003	497,999		3,713		10,588
2004	574,213	15.3	4,053	9.2	10,823	2.2
2005	621,513	8.2	4,531	11.8	11,662	7.7
2006	633,194	1.9	5,475	20.8	10,776	7.6
2007	626,192	1.1	6,224	13.7	8,410	22.0
2008	618,927	1.2	3,055	50.9	9,622	14.4
2009	672,469	8.6	2,099	31.3	12,915	34.2
2010	741,674	10.3	2,806	33.7	13,517	4.7
2011	788,515	6.3	2,300	18.0	11,715	13.3
2012	834,626	5.8	2,479	7.8	13,153	12.3
2013	911,855	9.3	2,894	16.7	12,856	2.3
2014	900,016	1.3	2,497	13.7	12,696	1.2
2015	853,411	5.2	3,147	26.0	12,705	0.1
2016	882,811	3.4	2,389	24.1	12,240	3.7
2017	896,347	1.5	2,211	7.4	10,859	11.3
2018	950,861	6.1	2,152	2.7	11,561	6.5
2019	1,083,686	14.0	2,547	18.3	12,179	5.3
2020	362,692	66.5	1,657	34.9	6,034	50.5
Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[12]

Statistics

Busiest Routes Out of Sandakan Airport by Frequency as of October 2019

Rank	Destination	Frequency (Weekly)	Airlines
1	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah	53	AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines, Malindo Air
2	Kuala Lumpur	40	AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines, Malindo Air
3	Tawau, Sabah	14	Malaysia Airlines
4	Lahad Datu, Sabah	14	Malaysia Airlines
5	Kudat, Sabah	2	Malaysia Airlines

References

• Silver, Lynette Ramsay: Sandakan: A Conspiracy of Silence; Opus Publications, Malaysia. ISBN 978-983-3987-04-7

External links

• Sandakan Airport, Sabah at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
• Sandakan Airport Real Time Flight Schedule
• Current weather for WBKS at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for SDK at Aviation Safety Network

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Sandakan

Der Flughafen Sandakan (englisch Sandakan Airport, IATA-Code: SDK, ICAO-Code: WBKS) ist der Flughafen der Stadt Sandakan im malaysischen Bundesstaat Sabah auf der Insel Borneo.

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- [en] Sandakan Airport

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[fr] Aéroport de Sandakan

L'aéroport de Sandakan (code IATA : SDK • code OACI : WBKS) est un aéroport domestique desservant la ville de Sandakan, une ville de la province de Sabah en Malaisie, situé à 14 kilomètres du centre-ville[1]. En 2005, l'aéroport accueillait 621 513 passagers pour 10 876 mouvements aériens[2].

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[it] Aeroporto di Sandakan

L'Aeroporto di Sandakan[2] (malese: Lapangan Terbang Sandakan) (IATA: SDK, ICAO: WBKS) è un aeroporto domestico malese[3] situato sulla costa nord-orientale dell'isola del Borneo, a circa 10 chilometri a sud della città di Sandakan nello Stato federato di Sabah. La struttura è dotata di una pista di asfalto lunga 2133 m, l'altitudine è di 14 m, l'orientamento della pista è RWY 08-26. L'aeroporto è aperto al traffico commerciale e al traffico militare della Aeronautica Militare della Malaysia.

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