AirportsRobert Atty Bessing is a small airport serving Malinau, in Kalimantan Utara (North Kalimantan), Indonesia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LNU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LNU
- ICAO code
- WAQM
- City
- Malinau
- State or region
- Kalimantan Utara (North Kalimantan)
- Country
- Indonesia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 3.5753° N, 116.6198° E
- Elevation
- 8 m (26 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LNU means Robert Atty Bessing. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: WAQM. ICAO codes that begin with W belong to Indonesia, Malaysia and nearby island countries. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 3.5753° N, 116.6198° E. It stands 8 metres (26 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Tarakan, about 112 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Makassar, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Juwata International Airport / Suharnoko Harbani AFBTarakan | TRK | 108 km |
| Yuvai Semaring AirportLong Bawan | LBW | 109 km |
| Tanjung Harapan AirportTanjung Selor-Borneo Island | TJS | 117 km |
| Bakalalan AirportBakalalan, Malaysia | BKM | 120 km |
| Bario AirportBario, Malaysia | BBN | 128 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,014 km | 6 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,052 km | 6 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,956 km | 8 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 11,514 km | 14 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,986 km | 18 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,908 km | 16 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 1,424 km | 2 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,279 km | 5 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 5,524 km | 7 h 10 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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