Kapit Airport Explained

Kapit Airport
Nativename:Lapangan Terbang Kapit
Iata:KPI
Icao:WBGP
Type:Public
Operator:Malaysia Airports Berhad
City-Served:Kapit, Sarawak, Malaysia
Timezone:MST
Elevation-F:65
Coordinates:2.0097°N 112.9319°W
Pushpin Map:Malaysia East
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in East Malaysia
Pushpin Label:WBGP
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:16/34
R1-Length-M:427
R1-Surface:Crushed stone
Footnotes:Source: AIP Malaysia[1]
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Kapit Airport is an airport serving Kapit, a town in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It used to be operated by Malaysia Airlines, using the Twin Otter aircraft. However it was discontinued due to low demands, and the airport was abandoned. Unscheduled helicopter services continued to land at Kapit Airport.

However in 2018, MASwings had announced plans to reinstate services to Kapit, but only when the infrastructure at the current airport site is restored. The announcement is received with mixed response, with comments from Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister, James Jemut Masing citing it as 'outdated idea', and calling for the proposal of building a new airport at Sungai Tunuh area, which can cater ATR aircraft.

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References

  1. http://aip.dca.gov.my/aip%20pdf/AD/AD4/Index%20To%20Aerodromes.pdf AIP Malaysia: Index to Aerodromes

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