Sultan Abdul Halim Airport

Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (IATA: AOR, ICAO: WMKA) is an airport in Kepala Batas, Kedah, Malaysia. It serves the city of Alor Setar and state of Perlis due to no airport located at the state.

Sultan Abdul Halim Airport

Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Halim
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerGovernment of Malaysia
OperatorMalaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
ServesAlor Setar
LocationKepala Batas, Kedah, Malaysia
Time zoneMST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates06°11′40″N 100°24′03″E
Websitewww.malaysiaairports.com.my/index.php/domestic/sultan-abdul-halim-airport
Map
WMKA
Location in West Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 2,745 9,006 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passenger817,253 ( 1.9%)
Airfreight (tonnes)845 ( 72.7%)
Aircraft movements44,989 ( 2.8%)
Source: official web site[1]
AIP Malaysia[2]

The airport, located in Kepala Batas, is 15 km (9.3 mi)[2] away from town, can handle up to 800,000 ppa. Built in 1929, the airport is the 2nd oldest airport in Peninsular Malaysia, after Taiping Airport. The new terminal is already operational by 5 May 2006 to cater for future traffic growth. The new terminal has the capacity to receive the Airbus 330 operations as the runway was extended from the previous 1,963 m × 45 m (6,440 ft × 148 ft) to 2,745 m × 45 m (9,006 ft × 148 ft). In 2009, the airport handled 421,314 passengers with 24,031 aircraft movements.

The Royal Malaysian Air Force training division is also co-located and uses the same runway as the airport.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
AirAsia Johor Bahru,[3][4][5] Kuala Lumpur–International
Firefly Kuala Lumpur–Subang
Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur–International
Seasonal: Jeddah, Medina
Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur–Subang
Firefly in Kedah FA livery at Sultan Abdul Halim Airport

Traffic and statistics
Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics
Year Passengers
handled[lower-alpha 1]		 Passenger
% Change		 Cargo
(tonnes)		 Cargo
% Change		 Aircraft
movements		 Aircraft
% Change
2003353,7781718,318
2004346,5022.067294.114,784 19.3
2005323,6696.611876.117,632 19.2
2006292,5499.61115.918,495 4.9
2007291,0060.55550.420,277 9.6
2008307,5645.74125.417,705 12.7
2009421,31436.93417.124,031 35.7
2010400,9974.83422,187 7.7
2011407,7171.74635.319,621 11.6
2012433,6446.4123167.418,006 8.2
2013535,07323.41262.315,752 12.5
2014660,264 23.4230 82.417,365 10.2
2015719,029 8.9389 69.018,368 5.8
2016787,706 9.6390 0.318,190 1.0
2017802,304 1.9489 25.446,285 154.5
2018817,253 1.9845 72.744,989 2.8
Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[6]

Transportation

This airport nearby Anak Bukit railway station within 5 to 8 minutes by taxi. This station are connected to main city and town in Kedah and Perlis like Alor Setar, Gurun, Sungai Petani, Kangar, Arau and Padang Besar.

Notes
  1. Number of passengers including domestic, international and transit

References
  1. Sultan Abdul Halim Airport at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  2. WMKA - ALOR STAR/SULTAN ABDUL HALIM at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
  3. https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/airasia-start-jbalor-setar-jbipoh-flights-oct-1
  4. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/279721/airasia-adds-new-domestic-routes-from-johor-bahru-from-oct-2018/
  5. https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/04/475744/airasia-adds-437-extra-flights-hari-raya
  6. "Malaysia Airports: Airports Statistics 2018" (PDF). malaysiaairports. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.




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