Tawau Airport
Tawau Airport is an airport located 15 nautical miles north east of Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia. With increasing international connectivity, Tawau Airport has risen as a significant international gateway for the east coast of Sabah, complementing the role of Kota Kinabalu International Airport.Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: Domestik airport in Malaysia
- Also known as: “TWU” and “WBKW”
Tawau Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Tawau Division, Sabah, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
4.3135° or 4° 18′ 49″ northLongitude
118.12029° or 118° 7′ 13″ eastElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Operator
Malaysia Airports Holdings BerhadIATA airport code
TWUICAO airport code
WBKWUnited Nations Location Code
MY TWUOpen location code
6PPW847C+C4OpenStreetMap ID
way 75243122OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Tawau Airport” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مطار تاواو”
- Asturian: “Aeropuertu de Tawau”
- Cebuano: “Tawau Airport”
- Chinese: “斗湖国际机场”
- Chinese: “斗湖机场”
- Chinese: “斗湖機場”
- Dutch: “Tawau Airport”
- French: “aéroport de Tawau”
- French: “Aéroport de Tawau”
- French: “TWU”
- French: “WBKW”
- German: “Flughafen Tawau”
- German: “Tawau Flughafen”
- German: “TWU”
- German: “WBKW”
- Indonesian: “Bandar udara tawau”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Tawau”
- Indonesian: “Bandara Tawau”
- Indonesian: “TWU”
- Indonesian: “WBKW”
- Italian: “Aeroporto di Tawau”
- Japanese: “タワウ空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Domestik”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Tawau”
- Persian: “فرودگاه تاوائو”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Tawau”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Tawau”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Tawau”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи товоеҳв”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay Tawau”
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