Lawas Airport is an airport serving Lawas

Lawas

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, a town in the state of Sarawak

Sarawak

Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...

 in Malaysia.

Currently,a plan had been made to relocate the current airport to a new area,since the current area is considered unsafe (as the airport is located near a river,and there a several land corrosion on the riverbank being spotted).The proposed new airport will be able to accommodate ATR 72-500 aircraft used by MASwings

MASwings

MASwings Sdn. Berhad is a regional airline operating the Rural Air Services in East Malaysia. It took over the RAS previously operated by FlyAsianXpress. The first flight was on 1 October 2007,which is also the anniversary of the founding of Malaysia Airlines in 1972. Its headquarters are in Jalan...

,and the airport will be used not only by people in Lawas, but also people in surrounding Sarawak-Sabah border.

Airlines and destinations

External links

• Short Take-Off and Landing Airports (STOL) at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad