Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport

Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan
Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ahmad Shah / TUDM Kuantan
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Owner Government of Malaysia
Operator Military of Malaysia /
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves Kuantan
Location Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Time zone MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL 58 ft / 18 m
Coordinates 03°46′11″N 103°12′34″E / 3.76972°N 103.20944°E / 3.76972; 103.20944Coordinates: 03°46′11″N 103°12′34″E / 3.76972°N 103.20944°E / 3.76972; 103.20944
Map
WMKD
Location in West Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 2,804 9,199 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passenger 241,314 (Decrease 2.6%)
Airfreight (tonnes) 25 (Increase 65.3%)
Aircraft movements 2,893 (Decrease 17.2%)
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, 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 aircraft to the arrival hall.

Co-located with the airport is RMAF Kuantan, housing 15 Squadron (BAE Hawk) and 19 Squadron (MiG-29) of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur–International (begins 28 October 2018)[4]
Firefly Singapore
Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur–International
Scoot Singapore

Traffic and statistics

Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics
Year
Passengers
handled
Passenger
% change
Cargo
(tonnes)
Cargo
% change
Aircraft
movements
Aircraft
% change
2003351,179Steady64Steady4,054Steady
2004349,375Decrease0.564Steady4,088Increase 0.8
2005298,184Decrease14.675Increase17.23,757Decrease 8.1
2006273,005Decrease8.4109Increase45.32,973Decrease 20.9
2007262,486Decrease3.8103Decrease5.53,487Increase 17.3
2008259,529Decrease1.170Decrease32.03,551Increase 1.8
2009226,912Decrease12.670Steady3,110Decrease 12.4
2010220,878Decrease2.749Decrease30.02,802Decrease 9.9
2011248,846Increase12.738Decrease22.43,452Increase 23.2
2012280,074Increase12.557Increase50.53,613Increase 4.7
2013317,440Increase13.386Increase51.23,663Increase 1.4
2014314,130Decrease 1.046Decrease 46.93,911Increase 6.8
2015292,109Decrease 7.021Decrease 55.24,174Increase 6.7
2016247,757Decrease 15.215Decrease 27.33,493Decrease 16.3
2017241,314Decrease 2.625Increase 65.32,893Decrease 17.2
Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[5]

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 are not air conditioned.

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. ↑ https://www.travel360.com/en/app/stories/5181998939242496
  5. ↑ "MAHB Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Malaysia Airports. Retrieved 12 April 2018.


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