Mostyn, MY 🇲🇾 Closed Airport
ICAO
MY-0051
IATA
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Elevation
200 ft
Region
MY-12
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Location: 4.616666° N, 118.150002° E
Continent: Asia
Type: Closed Airport
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The airport appears to have ceased operations and fallen into disuse sometime between the late 2000s and early 2010s (circa 2010). As a private airstrip, no official public closure date was announced.
The closure was primarily due to economic and logistical obsolescence. The expansion and improvement of the local road network in Sabah provided more reliable and cost-effective ground transportation to and from the nearby city of Tawau. This eliminated the need for a private, high-maintenance airstrip to serve the plantation's operational needs.
The site is no longer a functional airport. Satellite imagery confirms that the former runway is now heavily overgrown with vegetation and has been partially repurposed as an access road for vehicles within the palm oil plantation. While the faint outline of the runway is still visible from the air, it is bisected by plantation roads and is not maintained for any aviation activity.
Mostyn Airport was a private, unpaved (grass/gravel) airstrip that exclusively served the vast Mostyn Palm Oil Estate. In an era of limited road access, it was a critical piece of infrastructure, handling small general aviation aircraft (e.g., Cessna, Piper). Its operations were focused on transporting company executives and staff, moving critical spare parts and supplies, and providing a means for rapid medical evacuation from the remote plantation.
There are no known plans or realistic prospects for reopening the airport. The nearby Tawau Airport (WBKW) effectively serves the entire region with robust commercial passenger and cargo services. The land is more valuable for its current agricultural use, and there is no economic or logistical justification to rebuild and maintain a private airstrip at this location.