Sandakan Airport

Sandakan Airport
Lapangan Terbang Sandakan
IATA: SDK – ICAO: WBKS
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Malaysia
Operator Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves Sandakan Division, Sabah, East Malaysia
Location Sandakan, Sabah, East Malaysia
Time zone MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL 46 ft / 14 m
Coordinates 05°54′06″N 118°02′55″E / 5.90167°N 118.04861°E / 5.90167; 118.04861Coordinates: 05°54′06″N 118°02′55″E / 5.90167°N 118.04861°E / 5.90167; 118.04861
Map
WBKS

Location in East Malaysia

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,133 6,998 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passenger 853,411 (Decrease 5.2%)
Airfreight (tonnes) 3,147 (Increase 26.0%)
Aircraft movements 12,705 (Increase 0.1%)
Sources: Official web site[1]
AIP Malaysia[2]

Sandakan Airport (IATA: SDK, ICAO: WBKS) is a domestic airport that serves Sandakan, a town in the state of Sabah in Malaysia. It is located 14 km (8.7 mi)[2] from the town. In 2005, the airport handled 621,513 passengers and registered 10,876 flights.[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
AirAsia Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur–International
Malaysia Airlines Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur–International
Malaysia Airlines
operated by MASwings 		Kota Kinabalu, Kudat, Tawau

Traffic and statistics

Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics
Year
Passengers
handled
Passenger
% Change
Cargo
(tonnes)
Cargo
% Change
Aircraft
Movements
Aircraft
% Change
2003497,999Steady3,713Steady10,588Steady
2004574,213Increase 15.34,053Increase 9.210,823Increase 2.2
2005621,513Increase 8.24,531Increase 11.811,662Increase 7.7
2006633,194Increase 1.95,475Increase 20.810,776Decrease 7.6
2007626,192Decrease 1.16,224Increase 13.78,410Decrease 22.0
2008618,927Decrease 1.23,055Decrease 50.99,622Increase 14.4
2009672,469Increase 8.62,099Decrease 31.312,915Increase 34.2
2010741,674Increase 10.32,806Increase 33.713,517Increase 4.7
2011788,515Increase 6.32,300Decrease 18.011,715Decrease 13.3
2012834,626Increase 5.82,479Increase 7.813,153Increase 12.3
2013911,855Increase 9.32,894Increase 16.712,856Decrease 2.3
2014900,016Decrease 1.32,497Decrease 13.712,696Decrease 1.2
2015853,411Decrease 5.23,147Increase 26.012,705Increase 0.1
Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[3]

Statistics

RankDestinationFrequency
(Weekly)
1 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 60
2 Kuala Lumpur 25
3 Tawau, Sabah 14
4 Kudat, Sabah 2

References

  1. 1 2 Sandakan Airport, Sabah at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  2. 1 2 WBKS - SANDAKAN at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
  3. ↑ "MAHB Annual Report 2015" (PDF). Malaysia Airports. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
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