Long Banga Airport
Encyclopedia
Long Banga Airport is an airport
serving Long Banga, a village in the state of Sarawak
in Malaysia.
The land for the building of the airport is donated by local villager Mr. Lale Wa
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
serving Long Banga, a village in the state of Sarawak
Sarawak
Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...
in Malaysia.
History
The airport was a small grass airstrip until 1965. During 'confrontation' [with Indonesia] the British Army established a forward base here and improved the airstrip with the aid of a small bulldozer parachuted in by the RAF. The airstrip appears to be about 4 miles West of the Wikipedia marker in Google Earth.The land for the building of the airport is donated by local villager Mr. Lale Wa