Tioman Airport

Tioman Airport Lapangan Terbang Tioman
The runway is only accessible from the north, due to the nearby hills at the south end
IATA: TOD ICAO: WMBT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Malaysia
Operator	Malaysia Airports Berhad
Serves	Tioman Island
Location	Rompin, Pahang, Malaysia
Time zone	MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation  AMSL	13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	02°49′09″N104°09′36″E / 2.81917°N 104.16000°E / 2.81917; 104.16000
Maps
Pahang state in Malaysia
TOD/WMBT Location in Tioman Island, West Malaysia Show map of Peninsular Malaysia TOD/WMBT TOD/WMBT (Malaysia) Show map of Malaysia TOD/WMBT TOD/WMBT (Southeast Asia) Show map of Southeast Asia TOD/WMBT TOD/WMBT (Asia) Show map of Asia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 992 [1] 3,255 Tarmac
Statistics (2013)
Passengers 56,054 Passenger change 12-13 6.8% Aircraft movements 2,089 Movements change 12-13 5.3%
Sources: AIP Malaysia [2]

Tioman Airport( IATA : TOD, ICAO : WMBT), also known as Pulau Tioman Airport, is an airport serving Tioman Island, Pahang, Malaysia. It is located next to Tekek village (Kampung Tekek). The relatively small size of aircraft able to take off and land at Tioman means that per seat costs are relatively high, making it hard for airlines operating out of the island to remain profitable. ^[3] The airport's runway is "one way" as planes can only land and take off in one direction (north) due to nearby terrain. Tioman is a popular destination for private pilots based in Singapore and Malaysia, as it is only a little more than an hour away by air from Seletar Airport, Singapore compared to over 5 hours by surface transport.

History

An improvement project of the airport, which cost RM35.87 million, was planned to be completed by November 1996. The project include an expansion of the runway and installation of advanced equipment. ^[4]

Traffic and statistics

Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics

Year	Passengers handled	Passenger % change	Cargo (tonnes)	Cargo % change	Aircraft movements	Aircraft % change
2003	56,900		2,633		0
2004	57,957	1.8	2,447	7.1	0
2005	54,054	6.7	2,146	12.3	0
2006	57,559	6.5	2,256	5.1	0
2007	46,260	19.6	1,989	11.8	0
2008	48,767	5.4	2,141	7.6	0
2009	49,057	0.6	2,180	1.8	0
2010	54,056	10.2	0		0
2011	62,010	14.7	0		2,222
2012	60,141	3.0	73		2,205	0.8
2013	56,054	6.8	30	59.8	2,089	5.3
2014	9,217	83.6	15	50.0	1,019	51.2
2015	0		0		993	2.6
2016	0		0		733	26.2
2017	0		0		636	13.2
2018	0		0		470	26.1
2019	0		0		339	27.9
2020	0		0		132	61.1
Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad [5]

Statistics

Busiest flights out of Tioman Airport by frequency

Rank	Destinations	Frequency (weekly)
1	Selangor, Subang (SZB)	5

References

1. "CAAM AIP Tioman" (PDF). caam.gov.my. CAAM.
2. AIP Malaysia: WMBT - Pulau Tioman at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
3. "Call to upgrade airport, build roads". The Sun .
4. "Longer runway soon". The Straits Times. Bernama. 2 December 1995.
5. "Malaysia Airports: Airports Statistics 2020" (PDF). Malaysia Airports. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

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 TOD at Aviation Safety Network
• Japamala Resorts providing flights from Subang, replacing disrupted Berjaya Air
• SAS charters to Tioman Archived 2018-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

• Aviation portal