Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport
Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ahmad Shah | |||||||||||
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Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
Serves | Kuantan | ||||||||||
Location | Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia | ||||||||||
Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 55 ft / 17 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 | ||||||||||
Maps | |||||||||||
![]() Pahang state in Malaysia | |||||||||||
![]() ![]() KUA /WMKD | |||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
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Statistics (2020) | |||||||||||
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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 17 Squadron (MiG-29) of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.
Airlines and destinations[]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Malaysia Airlines | Kuala Lumpur–International |
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 | ![]() |
2018 | 258,816 | ![]() |
13 | ![]() |
3,013 | ![]() |
2019 | 394,599 | ![]() |
2.8 | ![]() |
4,082 | ![]() |
2020 | 71,877 | ![]() |
3.0 | ![]() |
1,117 | ![]() |
Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[4] |
Rank | Destinations | Frequency (weekly) | Airlines | Note |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | MH |
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
- ^ "Malaysia Airports: Airports Statistics 2020" (PDF). malaysiaairports. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
External links[]
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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
- Airports in Pahang
- Kuantan
- Royal Air Force stations of World War II in British Malaya