Labuan Airport
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Labuan Airport (IATA: LBU, ICAO: WBKL) is an airport that serves the federal territory of Labuan in Malaysia. The airport is 2.5 km (1.6 mi) or 5 km (3.1 mi) 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.
Labuan International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Labuan | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Khazanah Nasional Berhad | ||||||||||
Operator | Malaysia Airports | ||||||||||
Serves | Labuan, Malaysia | ||||||||||
Location | Labuan, Federal Territory of Labuan, Malaysia | ||||||||||
Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 101 ft / 31 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 05°18′06″N 115°14′54″E | ||||||||||
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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.[1]