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Labuan International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Labuan
IATA: LBU ICAO: WBKL
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 / 5.30167; 115.24833
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14/32 2,745 9,006 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passenger 270,959 ( 61.9%) Airfreight (tonnes) 3,354 ( 46.5%) Aircraft movements 5,999 ( 50.6%)
Sources: official web site AIP Malaysia

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 International 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.

At present, this airport can 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.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Traffic and statistics

Traffic

Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics

Year	Passengers handled	Passenger % change	Cargo (tonnes)	Cargo % change	Aircraft movements	Aircraft % change
2011	567,928		5,294		12,762
2012	617,130	8.7	6,072	14.7	13,589	6.5
2013	738,769	19.7	9,329	53.6	15,139	11.4
2014	789,494	6.9	11,591	24.2	15,596	3.0
2015	684,108	13.3	9,834	15.2	13,249	15.0
2016	269,696	13.0	4,620	53.0	10,959	17.3
2017	595,290	3.0	5,071	9.8	10,185	7.1
2018	574,107	0.6	3,996	21.1	10,698	5.0
2019	710,271	23.7	6,270	56.9	12,143	13.5
2020	270,959	61.9	3,354	46.5	5,999	50.6

Statistics

Rank	Destination	Frequency (weekly)
1	Sarawak, Miri	28
2	Sabah, Kota Kinabalu	28
3	Kuala Lumpur	21

Nearest place

The Labuan Airport is connected with RMAF Labuan Air Base, which shared the runway with the airport. The other place such as Labuan Meteorology Office, Labuan Botanical Labuan, and Labuan Golf Club, also located near the airport.

See also

• Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
• Far East Air Force (Royal Air Force)
• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

1. ^ Labuan Airport, Federal Territory at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
2. WBKL - LABUAN Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
3. "Malaysia Airports: Airports Statistics 2020" (PDF). Malaysia Airports. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

External links

• Labuan Airport, Federal Territory at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
• Current weather for WBKL at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for LBU at Aviation Safety Network

• Airports in Malaysia
• Buildings and structures in Labuan
• Transport in Labuan