# Brunei International Airport (BWN / WBSB)

**Brunei International Airport** (IATA: BWN, ICAO: WBSB) is a large airport in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. It opened in 1974. It has one runway, 3,658 m (12,000 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbsb

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BWN / WBSB
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei-Muara District, Brunei
- Opened: 1974
- Elevation: 22 m / 73 ft
- Coordinates: 4.9442, 114.9280
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,658 m / 12,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Brunei
- Website: http://www.brunet.bn/gov/dca/fids/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei_International_Airport (30 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1148514
- Weather station: WBSB · WMO 96315
- Ident: WBSB

## Timeline

- 1974: Brunei International Airport opens.
- 1974: Replaces Old Airport.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 3,658 m / 12,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 031° / 211° | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [MNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpll.md) Ninoy Aquino International Airport · Philippines · 1,255 km / 780 mi · Cebu Pacific
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 1,487 km / 924 mi · AirAsia
- [CGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wiii.md) Soekarno-Hatta International Airport · Indonesia · 1,536 km / 954 mi · Indonesia AirAsia

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BWN, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (2)

- [GallopAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gallopair)
- BI [Royal Brunei Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-brunei-airlines)

### Passenger (3)

- AK [AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airasia) · 1
- 5J [Cebu Pacific](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cebu-pacific) · 1
- QZ [Indonesia AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indonesia-airasia) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,658 m / 12,000 ft | =336 of 29,858 | =98 in Asia |  |
| Elevation | 22 m / 73 ft | =38,046 of 43,403 | =2,450 in Asia | #1 in BN |
| Age | Opened 1974 | =6,983 of 15,079 | =356 in Asia | #2 in BN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia |  |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | RADAR | 121.300 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.800 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [LMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbgj.md) Limbang Airport · 18 km / 11 mi
- [LBU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbkl.md) Labuan Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [MZV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbmu.md) Mulu Airport · 101 km / 62 mi
- [MUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbgm.md) Marudi Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [MYY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbgr.md) Miri Airport · 125 km / 78 mi
- [BBN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbgz.md) Bario Airport · 148 km / 92 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: “Brunei International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brunei_International_Airport&oldid=1370226055), revision of 19 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/wbsb/data