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Long Lellang Airport (LGL)
Departures from Long Lellang Airport (LGL) at a glance
- 3flights a day26th busiest of 30 airports
- 3routes from here
- 1airline
- 10:35 – 13:10first and last
Collected 28 September 2026. Not live — check with the airline before booking.
Long Lellang Airport (LGL) is a STOLport (Short Take-Off and Landing airport) serving the village of Long Lellang, in the interior of Marudi district in northern Sarawak. Its scheduled flights belong to the rural air service, the federal designation for air services into remote, sparsely populated parts of Sabah and Sarawak where air transport is the main link with the outside world. AirBorneo runs them.
AirBorneo took over full legal and operational responsibility for every service previously run by MASwings from 1 January 2026. A timetable or guide that names MASwings as the operator reflects the arrangement before that change.
Flights from Long Lellang Airport
Direct domestic flights recorded from Long Lellang Airport go to:
| Destination | Airport | Airline recorded |
|---|---|---|
| Bario | Bario Airport (BBN) | AirBorneo |
| Marudi | Marudi Airport (MUR) | AirBorneo |
| Miri | Miri Airport (MYY) | AirBorneo |
The runway at Long Lellang Airport
The airstrip has a single bitumen runway, 04/22, 426 m long. That length limits it to light turboprops such as the De Havilland Twin Otter, and AirBorneo's scheduled service here is a Twin Otter service.
AirBorneo's Twin Otter rules for Long Lellang flights
On Twin Otter flights, AirBorneo's conditions of carriage allow check-in only at the airport check-in counter, with no online check-in. The airline says check-in deadlines vary by airport, so confirm the one for your flight with AirBorneo. Passengers are expected at the boarding gate at least 30 minutes before departure.
The free checked baggage allowance on the Twin Otter is 10 kg, half the 20 kg AirBorneo allows on its ATR72-500 flights. Cabin baggage is one piece of up to 7 kg, within 29 x 33 x 36 cm.
AirBorneo's conditions of carriage exclude unaccompanied minors from Twin Otter flights, so a child cannot be booked to fly alone to or from Long Lellang.
Flight changes after the 8 September 2026 helicopter crash
On 8 September 2026 a helicopter operating for the Ministry of Health's Flying Doctor Service crashed at the end of the runway at Long Lellang, and all five people aboard were killed. The STOLport was closed for the investigation, and AirBorneo's Miri to Long Lellang flight and its return, both due on 9 September, were moved to 11 September. After a runway inspection on 11 September, the STOLport was reported cleared to resume normal operations on 12 September 2026.
The Flying Doctor helicopter service, which is separate from AirBorneo's scheduled flights, was reported on 21 September 2026 to be still grounded pending the investigation.
Long Lellang village
Long Lellang is in the Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak, in the Ulu Baram interior, about 578 km east-north-east of Kuching. It is a community of roughly 100 families, mostly Kelabit with some Penan residents, and the villages directly around it are all Penan. The village has shops, a church and a school with more than 100 pupils.
Long Lellang is in the same Kelabit Highlands as Pulong Tau National Park, the park for Mount Murud (Sarawak's highest peak) and Batu Lawi. The Sarawak Tourism Board's page for Pulong Tau National Park gives access as a flight from Miri to Bario and then onward travel with a guide.
The Long Lellang access road
Long Lellang's 4.7 km access road was reported on 7 April 2026 to have been cut for several days, because two log culverts had major structural damage and a third was at risk of collapse. The cut disrupted food deliveries to the village's boarding school. The area's state assemblyman took the matter to the Resident of Miri Division and the Public Works Department in Miri, and asked for emergency funds for repairs.
At a briefing on 19 January 2026 with the Highland Development Agency, an upgrade of the access road was set out: concrete on 1.185 km of critical sections, improved gravel on 3.69 km, replacement of 31 log culverts, and steel composite bridges in place of three log or timber river crossings. Works were then expected to start in June 2026, subject to procurement, and the 7 April 2026 report said the project was still at tender stage.
Entering and leaving Sarawak from Peninsular Malaysia
Under Section 66 of the Immigration Act 1959/63, a Malaysian citizen from Peninsular Malaysia needs a pass or permit to enter Sarawak. For a stay of up to three months, the free, single-journey Document in Lieu of Internal Travel Document gives a Social or Business Visit Pass; it is issued at immigration counters in Sarawak airport arrival halls on an identity card (age 12 and over) or a birth certificate (under 12). A stay of more than three months needs a Restricted Travel Document, valid for five years.
For a domestic flight out of Sarawak, the Immigration Department asks for an identity document, a valid pass and a boarding pass.
Weather and cancellations on AirBorneo
AirBorneo's conditions of carriage count adverse weather among the causes of delay or cancellation outside its control. In those cases the airline has no immediate obligation to carry, re-route or refund passengers, though it says it will make reasonable efforts to assist. During haze on 1 September 2026 AirBorneo cancelled flights from another Sarawak airport while runway visibility there stayed above that airport's minimum, so a flight can be cancelled before conditions reach the regulatory limit.