Brunei International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei-Muara District (Brunei)

IATA: BWN ICAO: WBSB

Longest Active Runway

12,000 ft

3,658 meters

Field Elevation

73 ft

22 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

4.9442°, 114.9280°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #193 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#312 of 7558

Top 4.2% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Brunei)

#1 of 1 in BN

#1 of 1 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+20%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 BWN in numbers: 12,000 ft longest runway · tied #193 of 650 published · #312 of 7,558 worldwide (top 4.2%) · #1 in Brunei.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway ≥10,500 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

BWN lies at 22 m (73 ft), #475 of 650 published airports by elevation and 23.7 percentile among 7,558 worldwide.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

1 Qualifying Aerodrome in Vicinity

Closest of 1 paved-runway (≥5,000 ft) neighbour within 100 NM: Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI), 89.5 NM, 12,402 ft. BKI has the radius's longest runway, 402 ft more than BWN.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 12,000 ft (3,658 m)

BWN runway: 03/21 12,000 × 150 ft asphalt (asp). +20% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
03/21	12,000 ft (3658 m / 3.658 km)	150 ft (46m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name	IATA	Distance	Longest Runway	Lighting
Kota Kinabalu International Airport (Kota Kinabalu)	`BKI`	89.5 NM (165.8 km)	12,402 ft	✅ Lighted

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →