Lutong Airport
| Lutong Airport Lutong Airstrip | |
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IATA: none – ICAO: | |
| Summary | |
| Serves | Lutong, Miri, Sarawak, East Malaysia |
| Closed | Yes |
| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) |
| Coordinates | 04°20′15″N 113°59′39″E / 4.33750°N 113.99417°ECoordinates: 04°20′15″N 113°59′39″E / 4.33750°N 113.99417°E |
| Map | |
  WMLU Location in East Malaysia | |
Lutong Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: WMLU[1]) was an airport serving Lutong, a suburb in Miri, a city in the state of Sarawak in East Malaysia. The airstrip used to belong to Royal Dutch Shell. The airport terminal has been demolished but the runway was preserved. It is now mostly used for racing.[2]
It was possible to go to the old airport and find aircraft wrecks and see the craters left by them from World War II. However, a lot of the metal has been removed by scrap dealers and there are only a few odds and ends left. Some of the airstrip now is being used by locals to grow watermelons.[3]
History
Lutong Airport became quite famous between the 1970s and 1990s for several reports of hauntings. Apparitions of a lady in white was seen floating around the airport as well as marching soldiers appearing down the middle of the runway. These events were followed by the ghostly appearance of a World War II Japanese aircraft in the middle of the night.[3]
In the early 1990s, a guard ran screaming from his security hut when he saw an apparition of a lady’s torso outside the door. Other guards have made radio calls to duty officers when they have heard women crying and the building vibrates. There have been sightings of a Japanese soldier wandering around, and the mysterious sound of military boots crossing the floors of the locked office building long after everyone has gone home.[3]
References
- ↑ WMLU at Falling Rain
- ↑ "Miri Borneo Drag Race on Aug 31". Borneo Post. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Lutong Airport".