Sibu Airport: History
The actual official date of operation
of the new airport began 1st of June 1994. The 31st day of May in the
year 1994 witnessed the inaugural landing of four
Malaysian Airline System aircrafts. To be precise, the aircrafts were 3
Fokker 50 and 1 Boeing 737. They were the pioneers to land on the Sibu
New Airport Runway which at that time measured 1,981metres in length and
45metres wide.
On that remarkably historical night, the air traffic
clearance “Clear to land” was issued from the Sibu Air
Traffic Control Tower on the assigned frequency 122.6 MHZ to the first
Boeing 737-400s to land on the asphalt surface of the designated Runway
13.
That night not only marked the first landing of a
turbo-prop commercial aircraft on Sibu ground but subsequently it also
commemorated the commencement of operation of the new airport located
23kilometres East South-East of Sibu town.
Sibu New Airport was built with a
Single Runway designated as Runway 13/Runway 31. It was previously
1,981metres long and 45metres wide but since the completion of the
extension under the 7th Malaysian Plan (RMK7) for ‘Sibu Airport
Development Plan’, the length was extended to 2745 metres. And the new
runway length was commissioned to be used on the 9th of May 2006. The
extended length is able to cater the landing of an
Airbus.
Runway 13 is equipped with an
approach lighting system called Precision Approach Lighting Category
1, whereas Runway 31 with Simple Approach Lighting System. The other
airside areas such as the taxiways (‘A’ and ‘B’) and apron are also
furnished with appropriate lighting aids. The maximum capacity of the
parking apron is 1 Airbus, 2 Boeing 737-400s, 2 Fokker 50 and 2 Twin
Otter or similar aircrafts. Only bay 2 and 3 are equipped with
aerobridges functioning on Visual Docking and Guidance System. The
functional Runway is also equipped with landing aids such as the
Middle Marker (MM), Glide Path (GP), the Localizer (LLZ) and the PAPI.
All the stated instruments are installed to be utilized by aircrafts
to assist them during the final approach process and landing
manoeuvres.
Sibu Airport
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Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia,
Region III: Sarawak Office,
Kuching International Airport, PO Box 1359, 93728 Kuching Sarawak.
Tel:6082-616532 Fax:6082-454523 E-mail: sarawak@dca.gov.my
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