About Tawau Airport

Officially opened in December 2001, Tawau Airport is the second largest airport in Sabah. It is situated 31km from Tawau and serves the city as well as surrounding areas. The new terminal was built to cater to the growing number of tourists headed to marine and natural parks located near Tawau.

With its full-service runway (3,000m), Tawau Airports serves Malaysia Airlines and Air Asia. A new terminal was built to cater to the growing number of tourists headed to marine and natural parks located near Tawau.

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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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