About Sandakan Airport

Sandakan Airport is located 13km from Sandakan town. It serves Malaysia Airlines, Air Asia and Firefly and has the capacity to handle 1.5 million passengers annually.

The airport is also a major tourism gateway for tourists wishing to see endangered Orangutans at the nearby Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary or watch turtles during peak seasons in July and September.

Latest News

klia2 Scheduled Maintenance Programe

10 January 2015

Malaysia Airports had undertaken to perform maintenance and resurfacing works to address undulation on its Runway 3 in accordance to its airport operations Standards Operating Procedures. This is in line with our safety priorities for flight operations at klia2.  As such, Runway 3 is currently closed for operations...
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