Anduki Airfield

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Anduki Airfield

Lapangan Terbang Anduki
Anduki Airfield (1).jpg
Anduki Airfield arrival and departure building
Summary
Airport type public heliport
Owner Government of Brunei
Operator Brunei Shell Petroleum
Location Seria, Belait District, Brunei Darussalam
Opened1951;73 years ago (1951) [1]
Built1949;75 years ago (1949) [1]
Time zone Brunei Darussalam Time (BNT) (UTC+08:00)
Elevation  AMSL 2.13 m / 7 ft
Coordinates 04°37′56″N114°22′37″E / 4.63222°N 114.37694°E / 4.63222; 114.37694
Website www.civil-aviation.gov.bn
Maps
4°37′58″N114°22′38″E / 4.6328706°N 114.3772117°E / 4.6328706; 114.3772117
Brunei location map.svg
Maki-heliport-11.svg
Anduki Airfield (WBAK)
Location in the Belait District of Brunei Darussalam
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
05H/23H8202,690 asphalt
Helipads
NumberLengthSurface
mft
1asphalt
2asphalt
3asphalt/concrete
4asphalt/concrete
5asphalt
6asphalt
Sources: ICAO code, location, elevation, [2] name, operator, [3] coordinates [4]

Anduki Airfield (Malay : Lapangan Terbang Anduki; abbrev: AKI [5] ) ( IATA : KUB [6] , ICAO : WBAK) is a domestic airfield which now primarily operates as a heliport, located in Seria, a town in the Belait District of Brunei Darussalam. [2] Although Anduki Airfield is owned by the Government of Brunei, it is operated and managed by Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP), who currently fly Sikorsky S-92 and AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters in support of servicing offshore oil platforms. Brunei Shell Petroleum replaced the original grass airstrip with a sealed instrument runway in 2008. Future upgrades include the addition of runway lighting, and an enhanced instrument approach procedure. Operations at Anduki Airfield are carried out in accordance with regulations from the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards. [3] [7]

Contents

History

Rebel prisoners being marched by Queen's Own Highlanders to Anduki in 1962. Rebel prisoners, Brunei, December 1962.jpg
Rebel prisoners being marched by Queen's Own Highlanders to Anduki in 1962.

The aerodrome was opened in 1951, after a Supermarine Sea Otter owned by British Malaysian Petroleum was the first aeroplane to land at what was then known as Anduki Aerodrome in 1949. [3] [7] In 1955, Malaysian Airways used a de Havilland Dragon Rapide to charter from Brunei Town, Anduki Airfield, Miri, and Labuan. [8] British Malaysian Petroleum subsequently became Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP), [3] and its first helicopter, a Sikorsky S-55 loaned from Worldwide Helicopters, came into service. [7]

The Queen's Own Highlanders, in support of the joint effort to suppress the Brunei revolt, boarded five Twin Pioneers and a Blackburn Beverley which landed at Anduki in 1962. [9] [10] In 1964, the Sikorsky S-61N came into service together as Brunei Shell Petroleum Aviation Services Department (SAV) formed. [7] A few years later in 1966, SAV purchased three more S-61Ns. [7]

In 1999, the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) issue a commercial air operations certificate to SAV. [7] The Sikorsky S-92 was introduced in 2005 to replace older aircraft. [3] [7]

On 14 May 2013, Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced plans for the conversion of BSP's Sikorsky S-92 into search and rescue (SAR) modifications, [11] this became operational in 2014. [7] On 17 June 2013, two AgustaWestland AW139 were delivered to BSP after the contract was awarded six months earlier. [7] [12] On 18 April 2017, Sikorsky recognised BSP for 50 years of service since the mid-1950s with five Sikorsky S-55, in which is the first product from the company to be used. [13] On 27 May 2019, a milestone was set by Siti Saffawana for being the first Bruneian commander of the BSP Search and Rescue Department. [14] It was unveild in January 2024, that BSP acquired a new Sikorsky S-92 (V8-BSP). [15]

Notable aircraft

Some aircraft which have been used or present on this airfield:

photo aircraft typeoperatorstatusref
Sikorsky HH-52
Seaguard 		amphibious
helicopter 		Brunei
Shell
Petroleum
(BSP)		retired
Sikorsky S-55 utility
helicopter 		retired [7] [13]
BSP Aerospatiale Alouette III.jpg
Aérospatiale
Alouette III 		retired [3] [16]
Sikorsky S-61N transport
helicopter 		retired [7]
Anduki Airfield 14 October 2023 03.jpg
Sikorsky S-92 active [7] [15]
Anduki Airfield 30 May 2023 02.jpg
search &
rescue
helicopter 		active
Seria 18 February 2023 07.jpg
AgustaWestland
AW139 		utility
helicopter		active [7] [17]
BSP Percival Prince.jpg
Percival
Prince 		transport
aircraft 		retired [16]
Supermarine
Sea Otter 		amphibious
aircraft 		Sarawak
Oilfields		retired [7]
de Havilland
Dragon Rapide 		airliner Malaysian
Airlines 		retired

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