Airports / Malaysia / TWU
Tawau Airport
WBKW / TWUTawau, MalaysiaELEV 57 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
45 nm
To the nearest alternate
Lahad Datu Airport (LDU).
Overview
Tawau Airport (WBKW / TWU) sits in Tawau, Malaysia, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 57 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
TWU has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Lahad Datu Airport (LDU, 45 nm), Juwata International Airport / Suharnoko Harbani AFB (TRK, 68 nm), and Sandakan Airport (SDK, 95 nm).
Quotes for flights out of TWU vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from TWU, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
WBKW
IATA
TWU
FAA / Local
WBKW
Elevation
57 ft
Coordinates
4.3134° N · 118.1215° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Malaysia fields
state range 10–3,350 ft
At 57 ft, TWU sits lower than 48% of the 29 Malaysia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 45nmLDULahad Datu AirportLahad Datu
- 68nmTRKJuwata International Airport / Suharnoko Harbani AFBTarakan
- 95nmSDKSandakan AirportSandakan
- 107nmTWTSanga Sanga AirportBongao
- 136nmBEJKalimarau AirportTanjung Redeb - Borneo Island
- 158nmBKIKota Kinabalu International AirportKota Kinabalu
Location
Open the full mapWBKW · Tawau Airport · Tawau, Malaysia