Lawas Airport

Lawas Airport is a short take-off and landing airport serving , a town in , , . A plan has been made to relocate the current airport to a new site, because the current site is considered unsafe.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Malaysia
  • Also known as: “LWY”, “WBGW”, and “拉瓦斯机场”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lawas.

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is a small frontier town in the northeastern corner of state in . The town is located in a strip of Sarawak territory sandwiched between the Temburong district of and Malaysia's state.

Lawas Airport

Latitude
4.84963° or 4° 50′ 59″ north
Longitude
115.40764° or 115° 24′ 28″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Operator
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
IATA airport code
LWY
ICAO airport code
WBGW
United Nations Location Code
MY LWY
Open location code
6PPQRCX5+V3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 524419628
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7731250
Wiki­data ID
Q1932889
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lawas Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lawas Airport”
  • Chinese: “老越机场”
  • Chinese: “老越機場”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Lawas”
  • Indonesian: “LWY”
  • Indonesian: “WBGW”
  • Japanese: “ラワス空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Lawas”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه لاواس”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Lawas”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Lawas”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Лавас”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ловос”
  • Tamil: “இலாவாசு வானூர்தி நிலையம்”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Lawas”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Lawas”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Government Quarters Lawas and Lawas Garden.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Balai Bomba Lawas and wisma persekutuan lawas.

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