Tawau Airport

Tawau Airport Lapangan Terbang Tawau
The main terminal of Tawau Airport as seen from the tarmac.
IATA: TWU ICAO: WBKW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Malaysia
Operator	Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves	Tawau Division
Location	Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia
Time zone	MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	57 ft / 17 m
Coordinates	04°18′48″N 118°07′19″E / 4.31333°N 118.12194°E / 4.31333; 118.12194
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 2,685 8,809 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passenger 572,365 ( 68.8%) Airfreight (tonnes) 5,071 ( 30.3%) Aircraft movements 7,022 ( 55.8%)
Sources: official web site[1][2]

Tawau Airport (Malay: Lapangan Terbang Tawau) (IATA: TWU, ICAO: WBKW) is an airport located 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) north east^[2] of Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia. It is one of two airports in Sabah with immigration counters for international flights, the other being Kota Kinabalu International Airport. Tawau Airport serves the districts of Tawau, Kunak and Semporna and is the nearest airport to the diving islands of Sipadan, Mabul and Kapalai, all of which are located in the latter district.