Taiping Airport

Coordinates: 04°51′49″N 100°42′55″E / 4.86361°N 100.71528°E / 4.86361; 100.71528
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Taiping Aerodrome

Lapangan Terbang Taiping
AMSL
40 ft / 12 m
Coordinates04°51′49″N 100°42′55″E / 4.86361°N 100.71528°E / 4.86361; 100.71528
Map
WMBI is located in Peninsular Malaysia
WMBI
WMBI
Location in West Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 1,320 4,331 Tarmac/Grass
Source: AIP Malaysia[1]

Taiping Aerodrome (

Larut, Matang and Selama, Perak, Malaysia. It is located at Jalan Muzaffar Shah formerly Creagh Road, Assam Kumbang and also called Tekah Airstrip. The airport was built in early 1929, this wooden structure aerodrome was the first airfield in the state of Perak and also in Peninsular Malaysia
.

Taiping Airport is the oldest airstrip in Malaysia. It was built by the British in 1929 for non-military use. Along with Alor Star Airport which was built in the same year, it was one of the earliest airports in Malaya. However, in 1933, more airports were built in Singapore, Selangor and Penang, and Taiping Airport was no longer important.

In February 2007, the airport was chosen to be the hub for the Global Flying Hospitals, GFH. However, in July 2007, it was decided that Taiping Airport was not suitable as the flying hub, and the Chairman of GFH, Neill Newton, announced a new location will be selected, but not in Malaysia.

History

The Taiping Airport which is located in Assam Kumbang is also called Tekah Airport. The airport was built in 1929 and claimed as the first airport officially established in

Ipoh Airport was authorized to serve flights to other states. The airport also achieved fame through the famous American aviator, Amelia Earhart, in 1937, when she was doing her world flight. Amelia Earhart was flying between Thailand and Singapore and permission to land at Taiping Airport was granted on 7 June 1937 by the then Resident-General of Malaya. The airport was also significant in the history of Malaysia when Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, who later became the president and vice-president of Indonesia, landed at the airport on 12 August 1945 for a meeting with Dr. Burhanuddin al-Helmy and Ibrahim Yaakub who were leaders of a political party named KRIS to talk about the possibility of joining Malaya with Indonesia when Indonesia achieved independence. The meeting was arranged by the Japanese officers during World War II
. However, the plan was never put into place and Indonesia announced its independence without Malaya.

In February 2007, the

Subang Airport
.

On 22 August 2014, a military EC725 Super Cougar owned by the Royal Malaysian Air Force bringing funeral victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, arrived and landed safely in Taiping Airport at 12:35 PM for victim burial at Al-Hidayah Muslim Cemetery.

See also

References

  1. ^ AIP Malaysia: Index to Aerodromes at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
  2. ^ Airport information for TPG at Great Circle Mapper.

External links

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