Lutong Airport was an airport serving Lutong, a satellite town north of

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Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the M ...

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. The airstrip used to belong to

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. It was opened during

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and renovated in 1954, and it continued to operate until the inauguration of the new

Miri Airport Miri Airport is an airport located south east of Miri, Malaysia, Miri, a city in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The airport is the sixth-busiest airport in Malaysia, and the second-busiest in Sarawak. Miri Airport is a major hub for MASWings T ...

during the 1980s. The airport was decommissioned in the early 2000s and its terminal and hangars have been demolished, with only the landing strip preserved. The strip was used for racing until the deteriorating condition of the strip rendered it unsuitable for car drag racing.

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