Airports / Malaysia / BWH
RMAF Butterworth Air Base
WMKB / BWHButterworth, MalaysiaELEV 11 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
12 nm
To the nearest alternate
Penang International Airport (PEN) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
RMAF Butterworth Air Base, listed as WMKB / BWH, is a mid-sized airport in Butterworth, Malaysia. The airport sits 11 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into BWH for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Penang International Airport (PEN, 12 nm), Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (AOR, 43 nm), and Betong International Airport (BTZ, 49 nm).
Charter pricing from BWH depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under RAF Butterworth. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Butterworth.
Field capability
ICAO
WMKB
IATA
BWH
FAA / Local
WMKB
Elevation
11 ft
Coordinates
5.4659° N · 100.3910° 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
No
Elevation vs Malaysia fields
state range 10–3,350 ft
At 11 ft, BWH sits lower than 90% 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.
- 12nmPENPenang International AirportPenang
- 43nmAORSultan Abdul Halim AirportAlor Satar
- 49nmBTZBetong International AirportBetong
- 65nmLGKLangkawi International AirportLangkawi
- 68nmIPHSultan Azlan Shah AirportIpoh
- 88nmHDYHat Yai International AirportHat Yai
Location
Open the full mapWMKB · RMAF Butterworth Air Base · Butterworth, Malaysia