Maulidur Rasul

To all muslim friends, have a blessing and joyous MAULIDUR RASUL.

Have you seen these aircrafts at Sandakan Airport?

Most of us did not realize all these aircrafts were and somes still operating at Sandakan Aiport.  We usually see B737, A320, ATR72, Fokker 50, Bell 206 and Twin Otter operating by local airlines. So, let's take a look how many more you have seen before. Enjoy!

Boeing 737-7H6 owned by Malaysia Government

Boeing 767 owned by Royal Brunei

Super Lynx owned by TLDM

EC-135 owned by Eurocopter

Boeing 747 owned by Sultan Brunei (Doing low fly pass)

Sikorsky S-76 owned by Travira Air

Boeing 727 owned by Transmile

Sukhoi Su-30MKM owned by TUDM

YS11-500 owned by Asian Spirit

DHC-4A Caribou owned by TUDM

CN235 owned by Brunei Air Force

Airbus A330 owned by My Travel

SC-7 Skyvan owned by Layang Layang Aerospace

Pilatus PC-6 owned by PDRM

Robinson R-44 Raven owned by Erickson Air Crane

WELCOME TO ALL KUDAT BOUND PASSENGERS

Sandakan Airport would like to welcome all passengers from Kudat to Sandakan. The new route is operating 2 times per week (MON and THURS) and serviced by DHC6 (Twin Otter). The Kudat-Sandakan air service has commenced its operation effectively on 1st February 2010 and we are anticipating an increase of volume of traffics from that sector. For more info, log on to http://www.maswings.com.my/

HAPPY FLYING

Happy Chinese New Year : Let's roar like a Tiger

To all our Chinese friends, DCA Sandakan staff would like to wish all of you a very Happy Chinese New Year : GONG XI FA CAI

New Layout Plan As Per Planned for Sandakan Airport

Sandakan Airport (IATA: SDK, ICAO: WBKS) is a domestic airport that serves Sandakan, a city in the state of Sabah in Malaysia. It is located about 13 kilometers from the town and in 2005, the airport handled 621,513 passengers and registered 10,876 flights. As the year goes on, Sandakan is anticipating more and more inbound traffic and thus, as a gift to Sandakan people, government has agreed to allocate millions for airport upgrading purposes. As for a temporary, attached below are photos of layout hard copies of future development of Sandakan Airport.

DVOR and ILS Calibration at Sandakan Aerodrome

On 10/02/2010, Sandakan Aerodrome was under DVOR commission by Calibrator 2. It tags the aircraft with registration 9M-FCL. This thrilling LR60 is owned by Department of Civil Aviation and it has carried out hundreds of ILS and DVOR commissioning at all aerodromes throughout Malaysia. This calibration process has to be done at all airports and navigation aids to comply the civil aviation legislation ICAO Annex 1,4,6,10 and 14. Our Captains are Capt. Rahman and Capt. Jamal. Attached below are photos taken before, during and after the flight.

Medical Check Schedule for Sandakan ATCOs - 2010

1. En Amir Hamzah Abbas ....... L149 .............. 30.09.2010
2. Suhaili Abd Rahman ..........L412 .............. 30.04.2010
3. Lai Kok Diing ...............L447 ...............31.03.2010
4. Rahim Monying ...............L383 ...............30.04.2010
5. Shamsudin Noor Kadir ........L710 .............. 30.04.2010
6. Yazid Hilmi Yahya ...........L946 .............. 28.02.2010
7. Mohd Shafri Yusof ...............................31.05.2010
8. Aisyah Ruslan ...............L957 ...............31.03.2010
9. Mohd Yassin Tugimin .........L552 ...............30.04.2010

Some of us will do medical check up at Sabah Clinic and some of us at Hilltop Clinic & Surgery due to ATM Inspectorate Manual regulation. All ATCOs are allowed to change date of appointment. Please make own arrangement with the respective clinics.

Wish you the best Cik Nurul

On last 27 January 2010, one of DCA Sandakan staff has been transfered to DCA Lahad Datu. Her name is Cik Nurul Wazihah Binti Mokrim (W17). Since everybody was busy that time, no farewell party made for her. However, we bought special gift. To Cik Nurul, wish you the best!