Ba'kelalan Airport

Ba'kelalan Airport Lapangan Terbang Bakelalan
IATA: BKM [1] ICAO: WBGQ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Malaysia Airports Berhad
Serves	Bakelalan, Sarawak, Malaysia
Time zone	MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation  AMSL	2,900 ft / 884 m
Coordinates	03°59′19″N115°37′08″E / 3.98861°N 115.61889°E / 3.98861; 115.61889
Map
WBGQ Location in East Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 549 1,801 Bitumen
Statistics (2015)
Passenger 3,435 ( 6.1%) Aircraft movements 328 ( 1.2%)
Source: AIP Malaysia [2]

Ba'kelalan Airport( IATA : BKM, ICAO : WBGQ) is an airport in Ba'kelalan, a town in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
MASwings	Bario, Lawas, Miri

Incidents

• On 13 September 2008 a DHC-6 Twin Otter overshot the runway while landing. All fourteen people on board survived. ^[3]

See also

• List of airports in Malaysia

References

1. Airport information for BKM at Great Circle Mapper.
2. AIP Malaysia: Index to Aerodromes Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
3. "Aircraft overshoots runway in Ba'Kelalan". NST Online. 2008-09-13. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-13.

External links

• Short Take-Off and Landing Airports (STOL) Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
• Accident history for BKM at Aviation Safety Network