Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport

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Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan
Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ahmad Shah / TUDM Kuantan
Kuantan-airport-building.jpg
IATA: KUA – ICAO: WMKD
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Owner Government of Malaysia
Operator Military of Malaysia /
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves Pahang, Malaysia
Location Kuantan, Pahang, West Malaysia
Time zone MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL 58 ft / 18 m
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Map
WMKD is located in Peninsular Malaysia
WMKD
WMKD
Location in West Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 2,804 9,199 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passenger 314,130 (Decrease 1.0%)
Airfreight (tonnes) 46 (Decrease 46.9%)
Aircraft movements 3,911 (Increase 6.8%)
Source: official web site[1]
AIP Malaysia[2]

Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport (IATA: KUA, ICAO: WMKD) is an airport that serves Kuantan, a city in the state of Pahang in Malaysia. The airport is located 15 km from the city. In 2009, the airport handled 226,912 passengers on 3,110 flights, though the airport is able to handle over one million passengers annually.[3] In 2008, Taiwan and Tourism Malaysia had co-operated that there were 23 charter flights directly from Taipei to Kuantan Airport, this condition had made Kuantan Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport the first airport in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia that received international flights.Passengers have to walk from the plane to the arrival hall.

It also houses the 6 Squadron (BAE Hawk) and 19 Squadron (MiG-29) of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Firefly Penang, Singapore
Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur–International

Traffic and statistics

Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics[4]
Year
Passengers
handled
Passenger
% change
Cargo
(tonnes)
Cargo
% change
Aircraft
movements
Aircraft
% change
2003 351,179 Steady 64 Steady 4,054 Steady
2004 349,375 Decrease0.5 64 Steady 4,088 Increase 0.8
2005 298,184 Decrease14.6 75 Increase17.2 3,757 Decrease 8.1
2006 273,005 Decrease8.4 109 Increase45.3 2,973 Decrease 20.9
2007 262,486 Decrease3.8 103 Decrease5.5 3,487 Increase 17.3
2008 259,529 Decrease1.1 70 Decrease32.0 3,551 Increase 1.8
2009 226,912 Decrease12.6 70 Steady 3,110 Decrease 12.4
2010 220,878 Decrease2.7 49 Decrease30.0 2,802 Decrease 9.9
2011 248,846 Increase12.7 38 Decrease22.4 3,452 Increase 23.2
2012 280,074 Increase12.5 57 Increase50.5 3,613 Increase 4.7
2013 317,440 Increase13.3 86 Increase51.2 3,663 Increase 1.4
2014 314,130 Decrease 1.0 46 Decrease 46.9 3,911 Increase 6.8

Passenger facilities

The airport has an outdoor car park, a taxi stand, several small shops, an arrival hall and a departure hall. The front part of the building housing the shops and the check in counters is not air conditioned.

Gallery
A car park view of Kuantan Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport. 

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport, Kuantan at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  2. ↑ WMKD – KUANTAN AIRPORT at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
  3. ↑ Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport, Kuantan official page at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links


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