List of the busiest airports in Malaysia
![KLIA control tower and Main Terminal Building, Kuala Lumpur](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/KLIA_MTB%26Tower.jpg/220px-KLIA_MTB%26Tower.jpg)
The busiest airports in Malaysia are measured according to data presented by Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.[1] Among all top 20 busiest airports, the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is the only airport which can land the A380. KLIA also has the longest runway in Malaysia, with 1 4,124 and 2 4,000 m runways.
Passenger traffic[]
![Shopping area in Terminal 2, Kota Kinabalu International Airport](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Kota_Kinabalu_International_Airport_Terminal1_01.jpg/220px-Kota_Kinabalu_International_Airport_Terminal1_01.jpg)
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A passenger is described as a person who departs, arrives or passes in condition of transit through any airport located between the borders of Malaysia at any point of time during a year. The data presented here includes the total number of departure, arrival and transit passengers for the years selected, and for both domestic and international flights arriving in scheduled and non-scheduled services.[2]
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# | Airport name | State | City served | IATA | ICAO | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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1 | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Selangor | Greater Kuala Lumpur | KUL | WMKK | 37,704,510 | 39,887,866 | 47,498,157 | 48,930,409 | 48,938,424 | 52,643,511 | 58,554,627 | 59,988,409 | 62,257,101 | 13,120,116 |
2 | Kota Kinabalu International Airport | Sabah | Kota Kinabalu | BKI | WBKK | 5,808,639 | 5,848,135 | 6, 935,797 | 6,792,968 | 6,573,461 | 7,263,339 | 8,006,446 | 8,622,488 | 9,443,275 | 2,300,884 |
3 | Penang International Airport | Penang | George Town | PEN | WMKP | 4,600, 274 | 4,767,815 | 5,487,751 | 6,041,583 | 6,258,756 | 6,684,026 | 7,232,097 | 7,790,423 | 8,316,050 | 1,814,266 |
4 | Kuching International Airport | Sarawak | Kuching | KCH | WBGG | 4,286,722 | 4,186,523 | 4,871,036 | 4,852,822 | 4,772,453 | 4,919,677 | 5,095,193 | 5,564,722 | 5,947,478 | 1,778,519 |
5 | Senai International Airport[3] | Johor | Johor Bahru | JHB | WMKJ | 1,338,000 | 1,380,000 | 1,989,979 | 2,325, 816 | 2,581,966 | 2,828,074 | 3,124,799 | 3,522,576 | 4,270,144 | 1,096,330 |
6 | Langkawi International Airport | Kedah | Langkawi | LGK | WMKL | 1,504,697 | 1,594,106 | 1,946,440 | 2,221,997 | 2,336,177 | 2,665,271 | 2,767,707 | 2,735,703 | 2,945,963 | 966,789 |
7 | Miri Airport | Sarawak | Miri | MYY | WBGR | 1,856,626 | 2,018,415 | 2,223,172 | 2,363,080 | 2,249,206 | 2,200,546 | 2,188,048 | 2,350,700 | 2,435,493 | 874,661 |
8 | Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport | Selangor | Kuala Lumpur | SZB | WMSA | 1,320,227 | 1,442,514 | 1,859,020 | 2,762,556 | 3,059,144 | 2,834,384 | 2,880,586 | 1,964,059 | 2,259,587 | 949,508 |
9 | Tawau Airport | Sabah | Tawau | TWU | WBKW | 922,452 | 982, 153 | 1,202,344 | 1,218,616 | 1,203, 792 | 1,271,915 | 1,470,560 | 1,642,171 | 1,832,368 | 571,800 |
10 | Sultan Ismail Petra Airport | Kelantan | Kota Bharu | KBR | WMKC | 1,132,345 | 1,259,205 | 1,585,238 | 1,800, 836 | 2,063,747 | 2,062,248 | 1,988,212 | 1,688,625 | 1,789,516 | 711,285 |
11 | Sibu Airport | Sarawak | Sibu | SBW | WBGS | 1,133,093 | 1,204,267 | 1,383,887 | 1,440,935 | 1,454,360 | 1,469,341 | 1,497,412 | 1,579,528 | 1,750,876 | 569,625 |
12 | Bintulu Airport | Sarawak | Bintulu | BTU | WBGB | 590,253 | 661,553 | 779,774 | 832,440 | 800,008 | 805,206 | 850,412 | 923,033 | 1,114,326 | 369,802 |
13 | Sandakan Airport | Sabah | Sandakan | SDK | WMKS | 788,515 | 834,626 | 911,855 | 900, 016 | 853,411 | 882,811 | 895,256 | 950,861 | 1,083,090 | 361,955 |
14 | Sultan Abdul Halim Airport | Kedah | Alor Setar | AOR | WMKA | 407,717 | 433,644 | 535,073 | 660,264 | 719,029 | 787,706 | 802,304 | 817,253 | 919,887 | 275,742 |
15 | Sultan Mahmud Airport | Terengganu | Kuala Terengganu | TGG | WMKN | 502,966 | 550,966 | 699,310 | 842,651 | 857,239 | 900,218 | 943,660 | 894,737 | 910,801 | 300,945 |
Cargo traffic[]
The following is a list of 10 busiest airports in Malaysia in terms of cargo handling traffic. The cargo numbers are in metric tonnes.
# | Airport name | State | City served | IATA | ICAO | 2012 (tonnes) | 2013 (tonnes) |
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1 | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Selangor | Kuala Lumpur | KUL | WMKK | 673,107 | 680,983 |
2 | Penang International Airport | Penang | George Town | PEN | WMKP | 123,246 | 153,703 |
3 | Subang Airport | Selangor | Kuala Lumpur | SZB | WMSA | 22,680 | 26,443 |
4 | Kuching International Airport | Sarawak | Kuching | KCH | WBGG | 15,810 | 21,993 |
5 | Kota Kinabalu International Airport | Sabah | Kota Kinabalu | BKI | WBKK | 23,563 | 21,922 |
6 | Miri Airport | Sarawak | Miri | MYY | WBGR | 9,879 | 9,800 |
7 | Labuan Airport | Wilayah Persekutuan | Labuan | LBU | WBGB | 6,071 | 9,329 |
8 | Senai International Airport | Johor | Johor Bahru | JHB | WMKJ | 3,149 | 3,443 |
9 | Sandakan Airport | Sabah | Sandakan | SDK | WBKS | 2,479 | 2,894 |
10 | Tawau Airport | Sabah | Tawau | TWU | WBKW | 2,489 | 2,844 |
Aircraft movements[]
Commercial aircraft movements[]
The following is a list of the 10 busiest airports in Malaysia in terms of number of commercial aircraft movements (take-off and landing).[4]
# | Airport name | State | City served | IATA | ICAO | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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1 | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Selangor | Kuala Lumpur | KUL | WMKK | 282,290 | 325,537 | 339,650 |
2 | Kota Kinabalu International Airport | Sabah | Kota Kinabalu | BKI | WBKK | 58,366 | 67,601 | 68,776 |
3 | Penang International Airport | Penang | George Town | PEN | WMKP | 49,966 | 56,760 | 63,396 |
4 | Kuching International Airport | Sarawak | Kuching | KCH | WBGG | 43,981 | 53,095 | 50,917 |
5 | Subang Airport | Selangor | Kuala Lumpur | SZB | WMSA | 33,224 | 41,707 | 56,629 |
6 | Miri Airport | Sarawak | Miri | MYY | WBGR | 42,351 | 44,875 | 46,504 |
7 | Sultan Ismail Petra Airport | Kelantan | Kota Bharu | KBR | WMKC | 17,112 | 20,527 | 25,028 |
8 | Langkawi International Airport | Kedah | Langkawi | LGK | WMKL | 15,162 | 17,675 | 21,722 |
9 | Sibu Airport | Sarawak | Sibu | SBW | WBGS | 15,923 | 17,196 | 17,878 |
10 | Labuan Airport | Wilayah Persekutuan | Labuan | LBU | WBGB | 13,448 | 15,072 | 15,533 |
Total aircraft movements[]
The following is a list of the 10 busiest airports in Malaysia in terms of total aircraft movements (take-off and landing).[5] This may include commercial, private, training and military aircraft.
# | Airport name | State | City served | IATA | ICAO | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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1 | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Selangor | Kuala Lumpur | KUL | WMKK | 269,509 | 283,352 | 326,678 |
2 | Subang Airport | Selangor | Kuala Lumpur | SZB | WMSA | 68,135 | 74,008 | 80,047 |
3 | Kota Kinabalu International Airport | Sabah | Kota Kinabalu | BKI | WBKK | 59,638 | 58,366 | 67,601 |
4 | Penang International Airport | Penang | George Town | PEN | WMKP | 54,713 | 53,766 | 60,020 |
5 | Kuching International Airport | Sarawak | Kuching | KCH | WBGG | 53,154 | 46,727 | 56,085 |
6 | Sultan Ismail Petra Airport | Kelantan | Kota Bharu | KBR | WMKC | 64,114 | 50,991 | 50,406 |
7 | Miri Airport | Sarawak | Miri | MYY | WBGR | 43,707 | 45,127 | 47,585 |
8 | Senai International Airport | Johor | Johor Bahru | JHB | WMKJ | TBC | 12,639 | 37,908 |
9 | Malacca International Airport | Malacca | Malacca City | MKZ | WMKM | 53,702 | 48,881 | 36,978 |
10 | Langkawi International Airport | Kedah | Langkawi | LGK | WMKL | 31,482 | 33,056 | 29,309 |
Busiest air routes[]
The busiest air route between two airports within Malaysia is the Kuala Lumpur - Kota Kinabalu sector. This sector is also the 45th busiest air route in the world for the period of August to September 2011.[6] The second busiest route is the Kuala Lumpur - Kuching sector.[6]
References[]
- ^ Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. Archived 2013-04-20 at the Wayback Machine Information for domestic and international airports presented individually in the section MAHB Airports Archived 2017-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ "Statistic:Aviation". Ministry of Transport. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "Malaysia Airports 2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. pp. 331/422. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ "Malaysia Airports 2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. pp. 333/422. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The world's top ten routes are in Asia Pacific". CAPA - Centre for Aviation. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
External links[]
- Airports in Malaysia
- Lists of busiest airports