BWH

RMAF Butterworth Air Base

ICAO WMKB5.4659°N 100.3910°E3 m / 11 ftMedium airport
On the map

RMAF Butterworth Air Base (IATA: BWH, ICAO: WMKB) is a medium airport in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia. It opened in Oct 1941. It has one runway, 2,438 m (8,000 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Malaysian Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1941–1941
OCT 1941
OpenedRMAF Butterworth Air Base opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
18/36184° / 004° · LIT
LENGTH2,438 m8,000 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,438 m8,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,749of 29,823 · =871 Asia · #17 MYElevation3 m11 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,239of 43,341 · =3,078 Asia · =82 MYAgeOpened 19412026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,548of 15,079 · =123 Asia · #3 MYRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =3 MY
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

5 channels
APPAPP125.800
ATISATIS23.010
DEPDEP128.500
GNDGND134.600
TWRTWR118.300