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Tawau airport (Malaysia)
Tawau airport is located near Tawau, with Kampong Wakuba at 2mi↑, Tawau at 17mi↑, Semporna at 35mi↑, Lahad Datu at 51mi↑, Kampung Tabanac at 51mi↑, Sembakung at 70mi↑, Tarakan at 78mi↑, Sitangkai at 90mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Malaysia and Southernmost airports in Malaysia
→ See also airports in Malaysia
aerial view of Tawau airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : WBKW
- IATA code : TWU
- Local code : -
Elevation : 17 m = 56ft
→ See also Highest airports in Malaysia and Lowest airports in Malaysia
Runways
- runway 06/24 : 2682m = 8799ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Malaysia
Coming to Tawau airport
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
By plane :
- Tawau airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Mostyn airport at 21mi : book on Trip.com
- Semporna airport at 33mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Tawau airport WBKW TWU
METAR for Tawau airport WBKW TWU
WBKW 260500Z 16007KT 090V250 9999 FEW017 31/25 Q1006
Decoded METAR for Tawau airport WBKW TWU
METAR issued by WBKW on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 05:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 35 days and 846 hours and -50399 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 31°C = 88°F, dew point is 25°C = 77°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 70 %.
QNH is 1006hPa = 29.71inHg
Wind 13km/h = 7kt, direction is 160°.
Clouds : few clouds at 1700ft = 520m.
TAF for Tawau airport WBKW TWU
WBKW 260500Z 2606/2706 17006KT 9999 FEW016 TEMPO 2614/2618 5000 TSRA FEW010 FEW015CB SCT030
Decoded TAF for Tawau airport WBKW TWU
TAF issued by WBKW on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 05:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 35 days and 6 hours and 1 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday, March 26, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Thursday, March 27, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
2606/2706 17006KT 9999 FEW016
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 170°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 1600ft = 490m
temporarily from Wednesday, March 26, 2025 à 14:00 heure TU to Wednesday, March 26, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2614/2618 5000 TSRA FEW010 FEW015CB SCT030
Visibility is 5km = 3mi.
thunderstorm rain
few clouds at 1000ft = 300m few clouds at 1500ft = 460m scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m
NOTAM for Tawau airport
Around Tawau airport (Malaysia)
near
- Hotels in Kampong Wakuba
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 2461mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 6853mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 6859mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 6863mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 6877mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 6908mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 6908mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 6933mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 6938mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 6940mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 6946mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 6949mi↑
- for Tawau airport at 0mi↑
- for Mostyn airport at 21mi↑
- for Hunter (Morotai) airport at 24mi↑
nearest airports to Tawau airport (Malaysia)
- Mostyn airport ( MZS MY-MZS) at 21mi↑
- Hunter (Morotai) airport ( MY-0015) at 24mi↑
- Semporna airport (WBKA SMM ) at 33mi↑NOTAM
- Wallace Bay airport ( MY-0028) at 33mi↑
- Nanukan ultralight airfield (WAQA NNX EX-WALF EX-WRLF) at 34mi↑defunct airport
- Kelabakan airport ( MY-0017) at 44mi↑
- Lahad Datu airport (WBKD LDU ) at 51mi↑NOTAM
- Bunyu airport (WALV BYQ ) at 62mi↑NOTAM
- Jeroco airport ( MY-0016) at 77mi↑
- Juwata airport (WALR TRK ) at 79mi↑defunct airport
- Tomanggong airport (WBKM TMG ) at 83mi↑
- Sahabat [Sahabat 16] airport (WBKH SXS ) at 85mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Malaysia
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap