RMAF Kuching Air Base

RMAF Kuching TUDM Kuching
IATA: none ICAO: WBGG
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Royal Malaysian Air Force, Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Malaysian Air Force
Location	Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Time zone	MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	89 ft / 27 m
Coordinates	01°29′13.5″N 110°20′30.9″E
Map
RMAF Kuching Location in Sarawak Show map of Sarawak RMAF Kuching RMAF Kuching (East Malaysia) Show map of East Malaysia RMAF Kuching RMAF Kuching (Malaysia) Show map of Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 7/25 3,780 12,402 Asphalt
Sources: AIP Malaysia[1]

RMAF Kuching (Malay: TUDM Kuching) is an air force base operated by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia). It is located in Kuching, Sarawak in East Malaysia and colocated with the Kuching International Airport.^[2]

History

RMAF Kuching was established in 1964 by the Royal Air Force during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation to strengthen defense in Sarawak. RMAF formed a small detachment to assist RAF with the stationed of 20 personnel with one Twin Pioneer and four Aérospatiale Alouette III in August 1966. In 1967 RMAF Kuching was officially inaugurated after the RAF handed over the base to the RMAF following the withdrawal of the RAF elements in RMAF Kuching. Since then, RMAF Kuching have seen the significant development by the arrival of new aircraft such as DHC-4 Caribou and Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King and also the formation of new squadron.^[3][4]

See also

• Royal Malaysian Air Force bases
• List of airports in Malaysia

References

1. WBGG – KUCHING at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
2. [1] at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
3. "Portal Rasmi Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia TUDM - Kuching". www.airforce.mil.my.
4. "TUDM Kuching". www.supsrwk.gov.my.