Layang-Layang Island Airport
Layang-Layang Airport is located on Swallow Reef in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. It is about 300 kilometres north of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Malaysia
- Also known as: “LAC”, “Layang-Layang Airport”, and “Swallow Reef Airport”
- Historically known as: “Swallow Reef Airstrip”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Layang Layang.
Layang Layang
Photo: matthew lee, CC BY 2.0.
Layang Layang is an island situated 300 km north of the coast of Sabah, in Malaysian Borneo. A part of the disputed Spratly Islands, the island is also claimed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines, and is occasionally known in English as Swallow Reef.
Layang-Layang Island Airport
- Categories: air base, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Sabah, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
7.37203° or 7° 22′ 19″ northLongitude
113.84418° or 113° 50′ 39″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)IATA airport code
LACUnited Nations Location Code
MY LACOpen location code
6PVM9RCV+RMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1033702155OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
Discover Layang-Layang Island Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Layang-Layang Island Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Layang-Layang Island Airport”
- Chinese: “拉央拉央(弹丸礁)机场”
- French: “aérodrome de Layang-Layang”
- French: “Aérodrome de Layang-Layang”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Layang-Layang”
- Indonesian: “LAC”
- Japanese: “ラヤンラヤン空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Layang-Layang”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Layang-Layang”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay Đá Hoa Lau”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Marine Research Station Pulau Layang-Layang and Station Lima by RMN.
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