Bintulu Airport

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Bintulu Airport
Lapangan Terbang Bintulu
民都鲁机场
IATA: BTU – ICAO: WBGB
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Malaysia
Operator Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves Bintulu Division, Sarawak, East Malaysia
Location Bintulu, Sarawak, East Malaysia
Time zone MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL 74 ft / 23 m
Coordinates 03°07′27″N 113°01′11″E / 3.12417°N 113.01972°E / 3.12417; 113.01972Coordinates: 03°07′27″N 113°01′11″E / 3.12417°N 113.01972°E / 3.12417; 113.01972
Map
WBGB
Location in East Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 2,745 9,006 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 661,553
Passenger change 11-12 Increase12.1%
Aircraft movements 12,294
Movements change 11-12 Decrease28.2%
Source: official web site[1]
AIP Malaysia[2]

Bintulu Airport (IATA: BTU, ICAO: WBGB) is an airport serving Bintulu, a town in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. The airport is located 5 km (3.1 mi), 23 km (14 mi) by road,[2] southwest of the city, and although small, it is able to handle planes as large as a Boeing 747. In 2008, the airport handled 417,918 passengers and 16,787 aircraft movements.[1]

History

History of Bintulu airport began in early 1937 when the British colony built an airfield situated between a river at one end and the sea coast at the other end.

Bintulu old airport was open for operation on 1 September 1955, with a grass-surface runway catering for de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide and Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer aircraft operated by Borneo Airways.

In 1963, bigger types of aircraft such as DC-3 services were introduced. In 1966, the runway was resurfaced with bitumen and the terminal building was also extended to cater for increasing number of passenger.

On 1 July 1968, Malaysia-Singapore Airlines introduced scheduled Fokker 27 services into Bintulu. The terminal building and the parking apron was extended in 1981 to accommodate Fokker 50 aircraft.

In September 2005, first low-cost airline in Malaysia, AirAsia started operating in Bintulu airport. FlyAsianXpress (FAX), subsidiary company for AirAsia has taken over major domestic routes linking Bintulu, started its operation on 1 August 2006, until 30 September 2007. On 1 October 2007, Malaysia Airlines subsidiary, MASwings took over the link connecting Bintulu.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations Terminal
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur, Kuching Domestic
Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur, Kuching Domestic
Malaysia Airlines operated by MASwings Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Miri, Sibu Domestic
Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur (begins 17 February 2014) Domestic

Traffic and Statistics

||464,576||Increase 8.6||1,375||Increase 46.3||13,546||Decrease 0.6
Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics[3]
Year
Passengers
handled
Passenger
% Change
Cargo
(tonnes)
Cargo
% Change
Aircraft
Movements
Aircraft
% Change
2003427,894Steady940Steady13,627Steady
2005487,077Increase 4.82,110Increase 53.413,619Increase 0.5
2006449,673Decrease 7.72,205Increase 4.511,804Decrease 13.3
2007381,158Decrease 15.22,252Increase 2.17,093Decrease 39.9
2008417,918Increase 9.61,978Decrease 12.216,787Increase 136.7
2009487,060Increase 16.51,903Decrease 3.851,009Increase 203.9
2010557,459Increase 14.41,703Decrease 10.524,246Decrease 52.5
2011590,253Increase 5.92,071Increase 21.617,122Decrease 29.4
2012661,553Increase 12.12,574Increase 24.312,294Decrease 28.2

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bintulu Airport, Sarawak at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 WBGB - BINTULU at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
  3. ↑ "MAHB Annual Report 2012". MAHB. Retrieved 6 September 2013. 

External links

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Primary international
Other commerical
Non-commerical
Military (and former RAF)
East Malaysia
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Other commerical
Non-commerical
Defunct


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