# Tawau Airport (TWU / WBKW) **Tawau Airport** (IATA: TWU, ICAO: WBKW) is a medium airport in Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia. It opened in 2001. It has one runway, 2,682 m (8,800 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Malaysia Airports. In 2021 it handled 416 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbkw ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: TWU / WBKW - Type: Medium airport - Operator: Malaysia Airports - Serves: Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia - Opened: 2001 - Elevation: 17 m / 57 ft - Coordinates: 4.3134, 118.1215 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 2,682 m / 8,800 ft - Passengers: 415,615 (2021) - Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Kuching - Website: http://www.malaysiaairports.com.my/index.php/domestic/tawau-airport - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawau_Airport (17 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433031 - Weather station: WBKW · WMO 96481 - Ident: WBKW ## Timeline - 15 Sep 1995: Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133. 34 killed. - 2001: Tawau Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 06/24 | 2,682 m / 8,800 ft | 47 m / 155 ft | Asphalt | 058° / 238° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2010 | 897,848 | Wikidata | | 2011 | 922,452 | Wikidata | | 2012 | 982,153 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 1,202,344 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 1,218,616 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 1,203,792 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 1,271,915 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 1,470,560 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 1,642,171 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 1,832,368 | Wikidata | | 2020 | 571,800 | Wikidata | | 2021 | 415,615 | Wikidata | ## Routes 8 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (6) - [SDK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbks.md) Sandakan Airport · Malaysia · 177 km / 110 mi · MASwings - [BKI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbkk.md) Kota Kinabalu International Airport · Malaysia · 292 km / 181 mi · AirAsia - [JHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkj.md) Senai International Airport · Malaysia · 1,632 km / 1,014 mi · AirAsia - [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 1,830 km / 1,137 mi · Firefly, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia - [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 2,184 km / 1,357 mi · AirAsia - [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 3,008 km / 1,869 mi · Juneyao Air ### Charter (3) - [MFM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vmmc.md) Macau International Airport · Macao SAR China · 2,042 km / 1,269 mi · AirAsia - [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 2,052 km / 1,275 mi · Greater Bay Airlines - [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 3,008 km / 1,869 mi · AirAsia ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from TWU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (6) - AK [AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airasia) · 6 - FY [Firefly](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/firefly) · 1 - [Greater Bay Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/greater-bay-airlines) · 1 · charter - HO [Juneyao Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/juneyao-air) · 1 - MH [Malaysia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/malaysia-airlines) · 1 - MY [MASwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/maswings) · 1 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 416K (2021) | #1,195 of 3,974 | #384 in Asia | #9 in MY | | Longest runway | 2,682 m / 8,800 ft | =1,953 of 29,858 | #609 in Asia | #15 in MY | | Elevation | 17 m / 57 ft | =38,866 of 43,403 | =2,558 in Asia | #53 in MY | | Age | Opened 2001 | =11,465 of 15,079 | =568 in Asia | #11 in MY | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =3 in MY | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | APP | APP | 123.550 | | GND | GND | 121.900 | | TWR | TWR | 122.500 | ## Nearby airports - [MY-0015](https://dromopedia.com/airports/my-0015.md) Hunter (Morotai) Airport · 39 km / 24 mi - [MY-0028](https://dromopedia.com/airports/my-0028.md) Wallace Bay Airport · 52 km / 32 mi - [NNX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wrlf.md) Nunukan Airport · 54 km / 34 mi - [SMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbka.md) Semporna Airport · 55 km / 34 mi - [MY-0017](https://dromopedia.com/airports/my-0017.md) Kelabakan Airport · 70 km / 44 mi - [LDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbkd.md) Lahad Datu Airport · 83 km / 52 mi ## Sources - [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government)) - [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) - [Wikipedia: “Tawau Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tawau_Airport&oldid=1372457198), revision of 31 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0) - Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbkw/data