Sandakan Airport

Sandakan Airport ; Lapangan Terbang Sandakan ; 山打根机场
Characteristics
ICAO code	WBKS
IATA code	SDK
Coordinates	5 ° 54 '3 " N , 118 ° 3' 34" E Coordinates: 5 ° 54 '3 " N , 118 ° 3' 34" E
Height above MSL	14 m (46 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	10 km north of Sandakan
Basic data
operator	Malaysia Airports SDN BHD
Terminals	1
Passengers	788,515 (2011)
Air freight	2300 t (2011)
Flight ; movements	11,715 (2006)
Capacity ; ( PAX per year)	1,500,000
Start-and runway
08/24	2134 m × 46 m asphalt

The Sandakan Airport ( english Sandakan Airport , IATA code : SDK, ICAO code : WBKS) is the airport of the city of Sandakan in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo .

The airport is a civil airport. It is served by the companies Malaysia Airlines , MASwings and Air Asia nationally as well as RB Link International. Connections exist to and from Kuala Lumpur , Kota Kinabalu , Tawau and Kudat as well as Bandar Seri Begawan . In 2011, 788,515 passengers were handled and a total of 11,715 flight movements were registered.

history

Today's airport goes back to an airfield that the Japanese occupiers had built by 6000 forced laborers from Java and Allied prisoners of war during the Second World War . The labor camp gained notoriety when the surviving Australian prisoners were sent on the death marches of Sandakan from here in 1945 . Only six men survived.