Marudi Airport

Marudi Airport Lapangan Terbang Marudi
IATA: MUR ICAO: WBGM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves	Marudi, Sarawak
Location	Marudi, Sarawak, Malaysia
Time zone	MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	103 ft / 31 m
Coordinates	04°10′39″N 114°19′19″E / 4.17750°N 114.32194°E / 4.17750; 114.32194Coordinates: 04°10′39″N 114°19′19″E / 4.17750°N 114.32194°E / 4.17750; 114.32194
Map
WBGM Location in East Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 998 3,274 Asphalt
Sources: AIP Malaysia[1]

Marudi Airport (IATA: MUR, ICAO: WBGM) is an airport in Marudi, Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.

It contains a Runway 10/28 and its aircraft parking bay can handles 3 to 4 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter at the same time.

MASwings DHC 6-400 Twin Otter at Marudi Airport

Airlines and destinations

Incidents

• 7 November 2012 — a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (9M-MDO), operating as MASwings Flight 3592 from Miri to Marudi, veered left off the runway during its landing and ended up in a ditch. All 17 people on board survived.^[2]
• 27 August 2016 — a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-400 Twin Otter (9M-SSB), operating as MASwings Flight 3568 from Miri to Marudi, skidded left off the runway during its landing. All 4 passengers and 2 crew members on board survived. No casualties reported.^[3]

See also

• List of airports in Malaysia

References

1. ↑ AIP Malaysia: Index to Aerodromes at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
2. ↑ http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/11/08/a-maswings-twin-otter-is-believed-to-have-met-an-accident-at-marudi-airport-today/"Marudi Incident"
3. ↑ http://www.theborneopost.com/2016/08/28/twin-otter-skids-from-runway-at-marudi-airport/"Marudi Incident"

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marudi Airport.

• Short Take-Off and Landing Airports (STOL) at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
• Accident history for MUR at Aviation Safety Network