AirportsLawas Airport is a small airport serving Lawas, in Sarawak, Malaysia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LWY.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LWY
- ICAO code
- WBGW
- City
- Lawas
- State or region
- Sarawak
- Country
- Malaysia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 4.8492° N, 115.4080° E
- Elevation
- 2 m (5 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 686 m (2,251 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LWY means Lawas Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: WBGW. 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 4.8492° N, 115.4080° E. It stands 2 metres (5 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Kota Kinabalu, about 145 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Kuching, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Lawas Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 686 metres (2,251 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 29 airports of Malaysia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 27.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 686 m 2,251 ft | 18 m | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Limbang AirportLimbang | LMN | 44 km |
| Labuan AirportLabuan | LBU | 53 km |
| Brunei International AirportBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei | BWN | 54 km |
| Bakalalan AirportBakalalan | BKM | 100 km |
| Long Seridan AirportLong Seridan | ODN | 104 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,821 km | 6 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,873 km | 6 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,773 km | 8 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 11,321 km | 14 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,871 km | 18 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,916 km | 16 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 1,326 km | 2 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,230 km | 5 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 5,719 km | 7 h 25 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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