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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Sibu International Airport
| nativename = <small>''Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Sibu''</small>
| image = Upgraded Sibu Airport.jpg
| image-width = 200
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In April 2009, the airport was given RM 150 million for an upgrade of the terminal building. On 23 September 2010, Sarawak Minister of Finance and Public Health, Dato' Sri Wong Soon Koh had announced that the expansion project would commence.
The upgraded terminal started its operation on 31 July 2012.<ref name="theborneopost.com">[http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/08/01/new-sibu-airport-terminal-commences-operation/ New Sibu airport terminal commences operation]</ref> The airport terminal is the third largest airport terminal in Sarawak after [[Kuching International Airport]] and [[Miri International Airport]], with a total terminal floor space of 15,240m².<ref name=MAHBSarawakTender>{{cite web|title=Tender Briefing for Package Deal (Sarawak) |url=https://www.malaysiaairports.com.my/sites/corporate/files/2019-04/PD%20Tender%20Briefing%20-%20Sarawak%20Region.pdf |accessdate=10 July 2019 |publisher=MAHB |date=15 March 2019 }}</ref>
==History==
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On 29 September 2014, a Singaporean training aircraft [[Beechcraft King Air]] C90B skidded off the runway during touchdown.<ref>{{cite news |title= Singapore training aircraft skids at Sibu Airport |author= Banji, Connie |url= http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/09/30/singapore-training-aircraft-skids-at-sibu-airport/|newspaper= [[Borneo Post]]|date= 30 September 2014|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> No one was injured during the incident.
On 8 April 2017, [[Malaysia Airlines]] Flight 2718, operated by [[Boeing 737-800]] 9M-MXX, overran the runway on landing. The nose gear collapsed. All 67 people on board survived.<ref name=AH4a75addd>{{cite web |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4a75addd&opt=0 |title=Accident: Malaysia B738 at Sibu on Apr 8th 2017, runway excursion, nose gear collapse |first=Simon |last=Hradecky |work=The Aviation Herald |accessdate=8 April 2017}}</ref> The incident resulted in Sibu Airport closure until 10 April, and left 1,413 passengers were affected cancellations and delays of flights.<ref name=opens10apr>{{cite web |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2017/04/10/cancellations-delays-affect-1413-passengers-after-mh2718-incident/ |title=Cancellations, delays affect 1,413 passengers after MH2718 incident |first=Peter |last=Boon |work=Borneo Post |date=10 April 2017 |accessdate=31 October 2017}}</ref> The airport was closed on 13 August 2019 to repair faulty lights on the runway. A total of 12 flights operated by MASwings and AirAsia were cancelled.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Banji |first1=Conny |title=12 flights at Sibu Airport cancelled, AirAsia states runway lighting failure as cause |url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2019/08/13/12-flights-at-sibu-airport-cancelled-airasia-states-runway-lighting-failure-as-cause/ |access-date=13 January 2022 |publisher=The Borneo Post |date=13 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609132844/https://www.theborneopost.com/2019/08/13/12-flights-at-sibu-airport-cancelled-airasia-states-runway-lighting-failure-as-cause/ |archive-date=9 June 2021}}</ref> The airport resumed normal operation on the next day.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Banji |first1=Conny |title=Sibu Airport resumes normal operations after faulty runway lights repaired |url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2019/08/14/sibu-airport-resumes-normal-operations-after-faulty-runway-lights-repaired/ |access-date=13 January 2022 |publisher=The Borneo Post |date=14 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609125059/https://www.theborneopost.com/2019/08/14/sibu-airport-resumes-normal-operations-after-faulty-runway-lights-repaired/ |archive-date=9 June 2021}}</ref>
==Airlines and destinations==
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{{Airport-dest-list
| [[AirAsia]] | [[Senai International Airport|Johor Bahru]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/04/475744/airasia-adds-437-extra-flights-hari-raya|title=AirAsia adds 437 extra flights for Hari Raya | New Straits Times|date=3 April 2019}}</ref> [[Kota Kinabalu International Airport|Kota Kinabalu]], [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport|Kuala Lumpur–International]], [[Kuching International Airport|Kuching]]
| [[Batik Air Malaysia]] |
| [[Malaysia Airlines]] | [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport|Kuala Lumpur–International]]
| [[Malaysia Airlines
|[[Scoot]] | [[Changi Airport|Singapore]]<ref>{{cite web |author1=Tay Peck Gek |title=Scoot adds Koh Samui and Sibu to network with new Embraer planes |url=https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/transport-logistics/scoot-adds-koh-samui-and-sibu-to-network-with-new-embraer-planes |website=The Business Times |publisher=SPH Media Limited |language=en |date=5 March 2024}}</ref>
|}}
===Cargo===
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|- style="background:#eee;"
|2018||1,579,528||{{increase}} 5.5||1,443||{{increase}} 12.2||20,869||{{increase}} 12.2
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2019||1,750,876||{{increase}} 10.9||1,259||{{decrease}} 12.8||16,748||{{decrease}} 19.7
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2020||569,625||{{decrease}} 67.5||1,406||{{increase}} 11.7||7,122||{{decrease}} 54.5
|-
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===Statistics===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; align=center;"
|+ '''Busiest domestic flight out of Sibu Airport by frequency as of
|- style="background:darkgrey;"
! |Rank|| |Destinations|| |Frequency<br />(Weekly)|| |Airlines
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|1
|{{flagicon|Kuala Lumpur}} [[Kuala Lumpur]]
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|AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines,
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|2
|{{flagicon|Sarawak}} [[Kuching]], Sarawak
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|AirAsia
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|3
|{{flagicon|Sarawak}} [[Miri, Malaysia|Miri]], Sarawak
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|MASwings
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