Marudi Airport

Marudi Airport Lapangan Terbang Marudi
IATA: MUR ICAO: WBGM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves	Marudi, Sarawak
Location	Marudi, Sarawak, Malaysia
Time zone	MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	103 ft / 31 m
Coordinates	04°10′39″N 114°19′19″E / 4.17750°N 114.32194°E / 4.17750; 114.32194Coordinates: 04°10′39″N 114°19′19″E / 4.17750°N 114.32194°E / 4.17750; 114.32194
Map
WBGM Location in East Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 998 3,274 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passenger 43,689 ( 6.4%) Airfreight (Tonnes) 356 ( 25.8%) Aircraft movements 5,376 ( 12.4%)
Source: official web site[1] AIP Malaysia[2]

Marudi Airport (IATA: MUR, ICAO: WBGM) is an airport in Marudi, Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.

It has a 10/28 runway and its aircraft parking bay can handle three to four de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter at the same time.

MASwings DHC 6-400 Twin Otter at Marudi Airport

Airlines and destinations[]

Incidents[]

• 7 November 2012 — a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (9M-MDO), operating as MASwings Flight 3592 from Miri to Marudi, veered left off the runway during its landing and ended up in a ditch. All 17 people on board survived.^[3]
• 27 August 2016 — a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-400 Twin Otter (9M-SSB), operating as MASwings Flight 3568 from Miri to Marudi, skidded left off the runway during its landing. All four passengers and two crew members on board survived. No casualties were reported.^[4]

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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marudi Airport.

• Short Take-Off and Landing Airports (STOL) at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
• Accident history for MUR at Aviation Safety Network

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