Labuan Airport
{{Short description|Airport in East Malaysia}}
{{For|the airport in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia|Komodo Airport}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2013}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Labuan International Airport
| nativename = Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Labuan
| image = Labuan Malaysia Airport-01.jpg
| image-width = 200
| IATA = LBU
| ICAO = WBKL
| type = Military/public
| owner = Khazanah Nasional Berhad
| operator = Malaysia Airports
| city-served = Labuan, Malaysia
| location = Victoria, Labuan, Malaysia
| timezone = MST
| utc = UTC+08:00
| elevation-f = 101
| coordinates = {{coord|05|18|06|N|115|14|54|E|region:MY|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| pushpin_map = Malaysia East#Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Labuan Island, East Malaysia
| pushpin_label = LBU/WBKL
| r1-number = 14/32
| r1-length-m = 2,745
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| metric-rwy = y
| stat1-header = Passenger
| stat1-data = 270,959 ({{decrease}} 61.9%)
| stat-year = 2020
| footnotes = Sources: official web site[http://www.malaysiaairports.com.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=15 Labuan Airport, Federal Territory] at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
AIP Malaysia[http://aip.dca.gov.my/aip%20pdf/AD/AD2/WBKL/WBKL%20-%20Labuan.pdf WBKL - LABUAN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234035/http://aip.dca.gov.my/aip%20pdf/AD/AD2/WBKL/WBKL%20-%20Labuan.pdf |date=2013-12-30 }} at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
| stat2-header = Airfreight (tonnes)
| stat2-data = 3,354 ({{decrease}} 46.5%)
| stat3-header = Aircraft movements
| stat3-data = 5,999 ({{decrease}} 50.6%)
}}
File:Labuan Malaysia Airport-04.jpg
Labuan Airport {{airport codes|LBU|WBKL}} is an airport that serves the federal territory of Labuan in Malaysia. The airport is {{convert|2.5|km|abbr=on}} or {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} 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 =
{{Airport-dest-list
| AirAsia | Kuala Lumpur–International
| Malaysia Airlines | Kuala Lumpur–International
| MASwings | Kota Kinabalu, Miri
}}
= Cargo =
{{Airport-dest-list
| MASkargo | Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur–International
| Raya Airways | Kuala Lumpur–Subang
}}
Traffic and statistics
=Traffic=
| class="toccolours sortable" style="padding:0.5em;"
|+ Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics | ||
| | {{center|Year}}
! | {{center|Passengers ! | {{center|Passenger ! | {{center|Cargo ! | {{center|Cargo ! | {{center|Aircraft ! | {{center|Aircraft | ||
|---|---|---|
| style="background:#eee;"
|2011 | 567,928 | {{nochange}}{{sort|08 |
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2012||617,130||{{increase}} 8.7||6,072||{{increase}} 14.7||13,589||{{increase}} 6.5
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2013||738,769||{{increase}} 19.7||9,329||{{increase}} 53.6||15,139||{{increase}} 11.4
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2014||789,494||{{increase}} 6.9||11,591||{{increase}} 24.2||15,596||{{increase}} 3.0
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2015||684,108||{{decrease}} 13.3||9,834||{{decrease}} 15.2||13,249||{{decrease}} 15.0
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2016||269,696||{{decrease}} 13.0||4,620||{{decrease}} 53.0||10,959||{{decrease}} 17.3
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2017||595,290||{{increase}} 3.0||5,071||{{increase}} 9.8||10,185||{{decrease}} 7.1
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2018||574,107||{{decrease}} 0.6||3,996||{{decrease}} 21.1||10,698||{{increase}} 5.0
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2019||710,271||{{increase}} 23.7||6,270||{{increase}} 56.9||12,143||{{increase}} 13.5
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2020||270,959||{{decrease}} 61.9||3,354||{{decrease}} 46.5||5,999||{{decrease}} 50.6
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:right;"| Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad{{cite web|date=|title=Malaysia Airports: Airports Statistics 2020|url=http://annualreport2020.malaysiaairports.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/airportstatistics2020.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811145342/http://annualreport2018.malaysiaairports.com.my/downloads/airportstatistics2018.pdf|archive-date=11 August 2019|access-date=5 October 2021|publisher=Malaysia Airports}}
|}
=Statistics=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;" | ||
| bgcolor=darkgrey
! |Rank | |Destination | |Frequency (weekly) |
| 1
|{{flag|Sarawak}}, Miri |28 | ||
| 2
|{{flag|Sabah}}, Kota Kinabalu |28 | ||
| 3
|{{flag|Kuala Lumpur}} |21 |
Nearest place
The Labuan Airport is connected with RMAF Labuan Air Base, which shares the runway with the airport itself. Other places such as the Labuan Meteorology Office, Labuan Botanical Gardens as well as the Labuan Golf Club, are also located near the airport.
See also
{{Portal|Malaysia|Aviation}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category|Labuan Airport}}
- [http://www.malaysiaairports.com.my/index.php?ch=17&pg=55&ac=183 Labuan Airport, Federal Territory] at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- {{NWS-current|WBKL}}
- {{ASN|LBU}}
{{Airports in Malaysia}}
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