Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport
Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ahmad Shah / TUDM Kuantan | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
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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°ECoordinates: 03°46′11″N 103°12′34″E / 3.76972°N 103.20944°E | ||||||||||
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WMKD Location in West Malaysia | |||||||||||
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Statistics (2017) | |||||||||||
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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
Airlines | Destinations |
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AirAsia | Kuala Lumpur–International (begins 28 October 2018)[4] |
Firefly | Singapore |
Malaysia Airlines | Kuala Lumpur–International |
Scoot | Singapore |
Traffic and statistics
handled |
% change |
(tonnes) |
% change |
movements |
% change | |
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2003 | 351,179 | 64 | 4,054 | |||
2004 | 349,375 | 64 | 4,088 | |||
2005 | 298,184 | 75 | 3,757 | |||
2006 | 273,005 | 109 | 2,973 | |||
2007 | 262,486 | 103 | 3,487 | |||
2008 | 259,529 | 70 | 3,551 | |||
2009 | 226,912 | 70 | 3,110 | |||
2010 | 220,878 | 49 | 2,802 | |||
2011 | 248,846 | 38 | 3,452 | |||
2012 | 280,074 | 57 | 3,613 | |||
2013 | 317,440 | 86 | 3,663 | |||
2014 | 314,130 | 46 | 3,911 | |||
2015 | 292,109 | 21 | 4,174 | |||
2016 | 247,757 | 15 | 3,493 | |||
2017 | 241,314 | 25 | 2,893 | |||
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
- ↑ Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport, Kuantan at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- ↑ WMKD – KUANTAN AIRPORT at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
- ↑ Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport, Kuantan official page at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- ↑ https://www.travel360.com/en/app/stories/5181998939242496
- ↑ "MAHB Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Malaysia Airports. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport. |
- Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport, Kuantan at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport Real Time Flight Schedule
- Current weather for WMKD at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for KUA at Aviation Safety Network