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Butterworth airport (Malaysia)
Butterworth airport is located near Butterworth, with Pekan Darat at 1mi↑, Permatang Kuching at 1mi↑, Kepala Batas at 4mi↑, Butterworth at 5mi↑, George Town at 5mi↑, Perai at 6mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Malaysia and Southernmost airports in Malaysia
→ See also airports in Malaysia
aerial view of Butterworth airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : WMKB
- IATA code : BWH
- Local code : -
Elevation : 3 m = 10ft
→ See also Highest airports in Malaysia and Lowest airports in Malaysia
Runways
- runway 18/36 : 2438m = 7999ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Malaysia
Coming to Butterworth airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
activities : Getyourguide
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By plane :
- Butterworth airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Penang International airport at 14mi : book on Iberia Singapore Airlines
- Taiping airport at 47mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Butterworth airport WMKB BWH
METAR for Butterworth airport WMKB BWH
WMKB 081600Z 02005KT 8000 FEW024 25/21 Q1010 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Butterworth airport WMKB BWH
METAR issued by WMKB on Monday, December 8, 2025 at 16:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 18 hours and 33 minutes ago.
visibility is 8km = 5mi.
The temperature is 25°C = 77°F, dew point is 21°C = 70°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 78 %.
QNH is 1010hPa = 29.83inHg
Wind 9km/h = 5kt, direction is 20°.
Clouds : few clouds at 2400ft = 730m.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Butterworth airport WMKB BWH
WMKB 081100Z 0812/0912 03004KT 9000 FEW025
Decoded TAF for Butterworth airport WMKB BWH
TAF issued by WMKB on Monday, December 8, 2025 at 11:00 UTC, issued 23 hours and 33 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Monday, December 8, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 9, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
0812/0912 03004KT 9000 FEW025
wind 4kt = 7km/h, direction is 30°
Visibility is 9km = 6mi.
few clouds at 2500ft = 760m
NOTAM for Butterworth airport
Around Butterworth airport (Malaysia)
near
- Hotels in Pekan Darat
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 2580mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 5970mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 5971mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 5981mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 5996mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 6054mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 6056mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 6057mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 6059mi↑
- Station de montagne Saas Fee at 6063mi↑
- Station de montagne Zermatt at 6074mi↑
- Station de montagne Kandersteg-Sunnbüel-Oeschinensee at 6074mi↑
- for Butterworth airport at 0mi↑
- for Penang International airport at 14mi↑
- for Sungei Patani airport at 15mi↑
nearest airports to Butterworth airport (Malaysia)
- Penang International airport (WMKP PEN ) at 14mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Sungei Patani airport (WMBB ) at 15mi↑defunct airport
- Kroh airport (WMBH ) at 43mi↑NOTAM
- Taiping airport (WMBI TPG ) at 47mi↑NOTAM
- Sultan Abdul Halim airport (WMKA AOR ) at 50mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Grik airport (WMAH ) at 50mi↑NOTAM
- Betong International airport (VTSY BTZ ) at 57mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Old Betong airport ( TH-0022) at 57mi↑
- Langkawi International airport (WMKL LGK ) at 75mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Sultan Azlan Shah airport (WMKI IPH ) at 79mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Pulau Pangkor airport (WMPA PKG ) at 85mi↑NOTAM
- Satun airport (VTSA ) at 85mi↑NOTAM
- TLDM Lumut heliport (WMLH ) at 87mi↑NOTAM
- KD Malaya heliport ( MY-0006) at 87mi↑
- Sitiawan airport (WMBA SWY ) at 89mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Cameron Highlands Airstrip airport ( MY-0003) at 100mi↑
→ See also Former airports in Malaysia
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap
