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Bintulu Airport building main entrance as viewed from the car parking area
Picture taken in 1990 |
The old Bintulu Airport was very unique because it was located right in the middle of the Bintulu town. In 2003, its flight operations ceased and travel in and out of Bintulu by air was shifted to a new location some 23 kilometers away south of the existing town. Despite its small size the building served Bintulu well during the first boom (1979-1983), second boom (1998-2000) and third economic boom (2003-2009). Currently Bintulu is in its fourth economic boom period (2010 - present) and the new airport seems to be meeting Bintulu's flight frequencies and aircrafts.
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Site of former Bintulu Airport building is empty. In 2003, the airport operations using the old Bintulu airport ceased. All commercial flights to and from Bintulu since then were moved to new Bintulu Airport site, some 23 kilometers south from the Bintulu town center.
Above picture taken on 21 September,2014. |
The old Bintulu airport is now used for various activities and functions like food and fun fairs, festivals and exhibition arena. Below are pictures showing passengers leaving the departure lounge and the bottom picture shows returning pilgrims from Mecca.
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| Passengers walking to tarmac from departure lounge, circa early 70's |
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Haj pilgrims being welcomed and paraded from tarmac to airport building,
circa early 70's |
Hi Mahmud, this is Bexter.
ReplyDeleteMy great-grandfather, Francis Lim, was the one who built the Bintulu airport. Initially, he constructed it for the Japanese during the occupation.