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RMAF Labuan Air Base

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RMAF Labuan

TUDM Labuan

RMAF Labuan with CAC Sabre in 1965

IATA: none

ICAO: WBKL

Summary

Airport type

Military

Owner

Royal Malaysian Air Force, Ministry of Defence

Operator

Royal Malaysian Air Force

Location

Labuan, Malaysia

Time zone

MST (UTC+08:00)

Elevation AMSL

101 ft / 31 m

Coordinates

05°18′06″N 115°14′54″E / 5.30167°N 115.24833°E

Map

RMAF Labuan

Location in East Malaysia

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
14/32	2,745	9,006	Asphalt

Sources: AIP Malaysia^[1]

RMAF Labuan (Malay: TUDM Labuan) is an air force base operated by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (Malay: Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia). It is located in the Federal Territory of LabuaninEast Malaysia. It is collocated with the Labuan Airport.

History[edit]

BAE Hawk 208 that stationed at RMAF Labuan.

RMAF Labuan started with the deployment of one detachment of the Royal Air Force, under the command of Group Captain S.J. Rawling. After the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963, some personnel were deployed to this airbase under the Air Force Borneo. At that early time, RMAF Labuan owned some Twin Pioneer aircraft for logistic and patrol role. The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation in 1963 aroused the demand for this airbase to be upgraded as a main airbase for Malaysia. From 1965, RMAF Labuan saw a significant upgrade with the formation of the main administration branch, the expansion of the existing detachment, the formation of a new squadron and the commissioning of new aircraft. In 1966, RMAF Labuan received its first batch of DHC-4 Caribou to strengthen the No 8 Squadron that already operated Twin Pioneer transport aircraft. The No 5 Squadron that formed in Kuala Lumpur also moved to the RMAF Labuan with their Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopters to provide a rotorcraft element. RMAF Labuan was inaugurated by the defence minister at the time, in 1968.^[2] Nowadays, RMAF Labuan is an important airbase for the RMAF as it grants direct access to the South China Sea and protects Borneo's East Malaysia. RMAF Labuan is now the base of the RMAF's BAE Hawk 108 and BAE Hawk 208.^[3]