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°ECoordinates: 05°54′06″N 118°02′55″E / 5.90167°N 118.04861°E
Map
WBKS Location in East Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 2,133 6,998 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passenger 853,411 ( 5.2%) Airfreight (tonnes) 3,147 ( 26.0%) Aircraft movements 12,705 ( 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

Airlines	Destinations
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
2003	497,999		3,713		10,588
2004	574,213	15.3	4,053	9.2	10,823	2.2
2005	621,513	8.2	4,531	11.8	11,662	7.7
2006	633,194	1.9	5,475	20.8	10,776	7.6
2007	626,192	1.1	6,224	13.7	8,410	22.0
2008	618,927	1.2	3,055	50.9	9,622	14.4
2009	672,469	8.6	2,099	31.3	12,915	34.2
2010	741,674	10.3	2,806	33.7	13,517	4.7
2011	788,515	6.3	2,300	18.0	11,715	13.3
2012	834,626	5.8	2,479	7.8	13,153	12.3
2013	911,855	9.3	2,894	16.7	12,856	2.3
2014	900,016	1.3	2,497	13.7	12,696	1.2
2015	853,411	5.2	3,147	26.0	12,705	0.1
^Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[3]

Statistics

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

References

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

External links

• Sandakan Airport, Sabah at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
• Sandakan Airport Real Time Flight Schedule
• Current weather for WBKS at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for SDK at Aviation Safety Network