Taiping Airport

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Taiping Airport Lapangan Terbang Taiping
IATA: TPG^[1] – ICAO: WMBI^[2]
Summary
Airport type		Public / Military
Operator		Ministry of Defence Malaysia (MINDEF)
Serves		Taiping, Malaysia
Elevation AMSL		40 ft / 12 m
Coordinates		04°51′59″N 100°42′55″E / 4.86639, 100.71528
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
18/36	1,320	4,330	Tarmac / Grass
Source: AIP Malaysia^[2]

Taiping Airport (IATA: TPG, ICAO: WMBI) is an airport in Taiping, Malaysia. It is is located at Thomson Road, Tekah and also called as Tekah Airport. The airport was built in the early 1929, this wooden structure aerodrome was the first airfield in the state of Perak and also in Peninsular Malaysia. The airstrip can accommodate the Fokker planes only, because the landing strip is too short for modern aircraft to land and take off.

In February 2007, the airport was chosen to be the centre hub for the Global Flying Hospital, GFH. However, in July 2007, the decision of choosing Taiping Airport as the flying hub was a mistake, and the Chairman of GFH, Neil Newton, announced a new location will be selected. Eventually, the Subang Airport was chosen to replace the Taiping Airport and to be the centre for medical aid to more than 100 countries.

1 History
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Fokker planes

Taiping Airport is the oldest airport built in Malaysia. It was built by the British in 1929 for non-military purpose. Along with Alor Star Airport, both were the earliest airports in Malaya that built in the same year. However, in 1933 more airports were built and mushrooming in Singapore, Selangor and Penang, and the Taiping Airport no longer hold the importance.

[edit] See also

List of airports in Malaysia

[edit] References

^ Airport information for TPG at Great Circle Mapper
^ ^a ^b AIP Malaysia: Index to Aerodromes at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia

[edit] External links

Prof. Khoo Kay Kim, 2003, The Development of Taiping From 1876 Until World War II: Taiping The Vibrant Years, ISBN 983-2759-01-3
News about development of Taiping Airport
Accident history for TPG at Aviation Safety Network

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