Bintulu Airport Lapangan Terbang Bintulu | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Bintulu Division, Sarawak, East Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Location | Bintulu, Sarawak, East Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 74 ft / 23 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 03°07′27″N 113°01′11″E / 3.12417°N 113.01972°E | ||||||||||
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Bintulu Airport (IATA: BTU, ICAO: WBGB) is an airport serving Bintulu, a town in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. The airport is located 5 km (3.1 mi), 23 km (14 mi) by road,[2] southwest of the city, and although small, it is able to handle planes as large as a Boeing 747. In 2008, the airport handled 417,918 passengers and 16,787 aircraft movements.[1]
History
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History of Bintulu airport began in early 1937 when the British colony built an airfield situated between a river at one end and the sea coast at the other end.
Bintulu old airport was open for operation on 1 September 1955, with a grass-surface runway catering for de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide and Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer aircraft operated by Borneo Airways.
In 1963, bigger types of aircraft such as DC-3 services were introduced. In 1966, the runway was resurfaced with bitumen and the terminal building was also extended to cater for increasing number of passenger.
On 1 July 1968, Malaysia-Singapore Airlines introduced scheduled Fokker 27 services into Bintulu. The terminal building and the parking apron was extended in 1981 to accommodate Fokker 50 aircraft.
In September 2005, first low-cost airline in Malaysia, AirAsia started operating in Bintulu airport. FlyAsianXpress (FAX), subsidiary company for AirAsia has taken over major domestic routes linking Bintulu, started its operation on 1 August 2006, until 30 September 2007. On 1 October 2007, Malaysia Airlines subsidiary, MASwings took over the link connecting Bintulu.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AirAsia | Johor Bahru,[3] Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kuching |
| Malaysia Airlines | Kuala Lumpur–International |
| Malaysia Airlines operated by MASwings | Miri, Mukah, Sibu |
Traffic and Statistics
Traffic
handled | % Change | (tonnes) | % Change | Movements | % Change | |
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| 2003 | 427,894 |  | 940 | | 13,627 | |
| 2004 | 464,576 |  8.6 | 1,375 | 46.3 | 13,546 |  0.6 |
| 2005 | 487,077 | 4.8 | 2,110 | 53.4 | 13,619 | 0.5 |
| 2006 | 449,673 | 7.7 | 2,205 | 4.5 | 11,804 | 13.3 |
| 2007 | 381,158 | 15.2 | 2,252 | 2.1 | 7,093 | 39.9 |
| 2008 | 417,918 | 9.6 | 1,978 | 12.2 | 16,787 | 136.7 |
| 2009 | 487,060 | 16.5 | 1,903 | 3.8 | 51,009 | 203.9 |
| 2010 | 557,459 | 14.4 | 1,703 | 10.5 | 24,246 | 52.5 |
| 2011 | 590,253 | 5.9 | 2,071 | 21.6 | 17,122 | 29.4 |
| 2012 | 661,553 | 12.1 | 2,574 | 24.3 | 12,294 | 28.2 |
| 2013 | 779,774 | 17.9 | 2,553 | 0.8 | 13,661 | 11.1 |
| 2014 | 832,440 | 6.8 | 2,318 | 9.2 | 12,968 | 5.1 |
| 2015 | 800,008 | 3.9 | 2,383 | 2.8 | 12,638 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 805,206 | 0.6 | 2,647 | 11.1 | 12,130 | 4.0 |
| 2017 | 849,596 | 5.5 | 2,211 | 16.4 | 12,021 | 0.9 |
| 2018 | 923,033 | 8.6 | 3,566 | 25.1 | 13,062 | 8.7 |
| Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[4] | ||||||