Labuan Airport (IATA: LBU, ICAO: WBKL) is an airport that serves the federal territory of Labuan in Malaysia. The airport is 2.5 km (1.6 mi) or 5 km (3.1 mi) by road from Victoria (Labuan Town). It was planned for Labuan Airport to be a regional hub for connecting flights within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) but this plan was postponed due to logistics and unsuitability.
Labuan International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Labuan | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Khazanah Nasional Berhad | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports | ||||||||||
| Serves | Labuan, Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Location | Labuan, Federal Territory of Labuan, Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 101 ft / 31 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 05°18′06″N 115°14′54″E / 5.30167°N 115.24833°E | ||||||||||
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  LBU/WBKL Location in Labuan Island , East Malaysia  LBU/WBKL LBU/WBKL (Malaysia)  LBU/WBKL LBU/WBKL (Southeast Asia)  LBU/WBKL LBU/WBKL (Asia) | |||||||||||
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At present, this airport is being expanded to accommodate larger aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A330, with 4 aerobridges. In 2008, the airport handled 550,859 passengers, 11,328 aircraft movements and over 4,500 metric tonnes of cargo. The airport is able to handle over 1.2 million passengers per year.[1]
Airlines and destinations edit
Passenger edit
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| AirAsia | Kuala Lumpur–International |
| Malaysia Airlines | Kuala Lumpur–International |
| MASwings | Kota Kinabalu, Miri |
Cargo edit
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| MASkargo | Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur–International |
| Raya Airways | Kuala Lumpur–Subang |
Traffic and statistics edit
Traffic edit
Year
|
Passengers
handled |
Passenger
% change |
Cargo
(tonnes) |
Cargo
% change |
Aircraft
movements |
Aircraft
% change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 567,928 |  |
5,294 | |
12,762 |
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| 2012 | 617,130 |  8.7 |
6,072 | 14.7 |
13,589 | 6.5
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| 2013 | 738,769 | 19.7 |
9,329 | 53.6 |
15,139 | 11.4
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| 2014 | 789,494 | 6.9 |
11,591 | 24.2 |
15,596 | 3.0
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| 2015 | 684,108 |  13.3 |
9,834 | 15.2 |
13,249 | 15.0
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| 2016 | 269,696 | 13.0 |
4,620 | 53.0 |
10,959 | 17.3
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| 2017 | 595,290 | 3.0 |
5,071 | 9.8 |
10,185 | 7.1
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| 2018 | 574,107 | 0.6 |
3,996 | 21.1 |
10,698 | 5.0
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| 2019 | 710,271 | 23.7 |
6,270 | 56.9 |
12,143 | 13.5
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| 2020 | 270,959 | 61.9 |
3,354 | 46.5 |
5,999 | 50.6
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| Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[3] | ||||||
Statistics edit
| Rank | Destination | Frequency (Weekly) |
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| 1 |  Sarawak, Miri
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28 |
| 2 |  Sabah, Kota Kinabalu
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28 |
| 3 |  Kuala Lumpur
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21 |
Labuan Airbase edit
The Labuan Airport also located near with RMAF Labuan airbase.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Labuan Airport, Federal Territory at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- ^ WBKL - LABUAN Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
- ^ "Malaysia Airports: Airports Statistics 2020" (PDF). Malaysia Airports. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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