Langkawi International Airport
| Langkawi International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Langkawi |
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| IATA: LGK – ICAO: WMKL | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Langkawi and Perlis | ||||||||||
| Location | Langkawi Island, Kedah, West Malaysia | ||||||||||
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| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
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Langkawi International Airport (IATA: LGK, ICAO: WMKL), is an airport situated on the duty-free island of Langkawi in the state of Kedah in Malaysia. The airport is located at Padang Matsirat and is about 25 minutes of driving from the town centre, Kuah. Flights from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to the airport take about an hour.
The Langkawi International Airport is a tourist attraction because it serves as a venue for the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) which is an international aerospace event for aviation industry and aero performances for the public.
In 2015, the airport handled 2,336,177 passengers and 30,853 aircraft movements.[3]
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History
Construction of the BBC airport began in 1991 and was finished at December 1993. Langkawi International Airport was the airfield of Japanese army in 1945 and British army. Kedah has three airports: Langkawi International Airport, Sultan Abdul Halim Airport, and Kulim International Airport
Airlines and destinations
Traffic and statistics
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handled |
% change |
(tonnes) |
% change |
movements |
% change |
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| 2003 | 726,817 |  |
287 | |
8,931 | |
| 2004 | 845,276 |  16.3 |
325 | 13.2 |
8,711 |  2.5 |
| 2005 | 830,334 | 1.8 |
449 | 38.1 |
8,964 | 2.9 |
| 2006 | 934,024 | 12.5 |
487 | 8.5 |
27,622 | 208.1 |
| 2007 | 1,122,911 | 20.2 |
524 | 7.6 |
43,234 | 56.5 |
| 2008 | 1,196,956 | 6.6 |
589 | 12.4 |
41,837 | 3.2 |
| 2009 | 1,359,271 | 13.6 |
572 | 2.9 |
39,815 | 4.8 |
| 2010 | 1,374,729 | 1.1 |
434 | 24.1 |
33,064 | 17.0 |
| 2011 | 1,504,697 | 9.4 |
646 | 48.8 |
31,482 | 4.8 |
| 2012 | 1,594,106 | 5.9 |
754 | 16.7 |
33,056 | 5.0 |
| 2013 | 1,946,440 | 22.1 |
630 | 16.4 |
29,309 | 11.3 |
| 2014 | 2,221,997 | 14.2 |
567 | 10.1 |
28,694 | 2.1 |
| 2015 | 2,336,177 | 5.1 |
647 | 14.1 |
30,853 | 7.5 |
| Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[4] | ||||||
Accidents and incidents
An accident occurred on 2 December 2007, during the LIMA 2007 air show which caused three paratroopers to plunge into the sea and then drown. They were involved in a rehearsal for a mock exercise to retake the airport from terrorists.[5]
It has been suggested by Chris Goodfellow in an article in Wired that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may have been attempting to head towards Langkawi airport after a fire broke out and hence made the sharp left turn. [6]
See also
References
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External links
- Langkawi International Airport at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- Langkawi International Airport Real Time Flight Schedule
- Current weather for WMKL at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for LGK at Aviation Safety Network
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- ↑ Langkawi International Airport at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- ↑ WMKL – LANGKAWI INTERNATIONAL at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
- ↑ Langkawi Airport at Malaysia Airport Holdings website
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Three paratroopers dead in Malaysia airshow accident. 3 December 2007.
- ↑ Wired article A Startlingly Simple Theory About the Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet
