Sematan Airport | |
Iata: | BSE |
Icao: | WBGN |
Type: | Private |
Operator: | Malaysia Airports Berhad |
City-Served: | Sematan, Sarawak, Malaysia |
Timezone: | MST |
Coordinates: | 1.8136°N 109.7628°W |
Pushpin Map: | Malaysia East |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in East Malaysia |
Pushpin Label: | WBGN |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
Footnotes: | Source: Great Circle Mapper |
Sematan Airport is located in Sematan, Lundu District, Sarawak, Malaysia.
The Sematan airfield was officiated in September 1958 where Borneo Airways Twin Pioneer was the first aircraft landed here.[1]
There are no scheduled flights at this airport. The fact that this airport is for RMAF. In 1974 there was a helicopter crash killing 2 or 3 generals. From then, no more than one high tanking officer was allowed per helicopter.