Penang International Airport
| Penang International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Pulau Pinang | |||||||||||
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IATA: PEN – ICAO: WMKP – WMO: 48601 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Penang, Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Location | Bayan Lepas, Penang, West Malaysia | ||||||||||
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| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 11 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 05°17′50″N 100°16′36″E / 5.29722°N 100.27667°ECoordinates: 05°17′50″N 100°16′36″E / 5.29722°N 100.27667°E | ||||||||||
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  PEN/WMKP Location in Peninsular Malaysia | |||||||||||
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Penang International Airport (IATA: PEN, ICAO: WMKP), previously known as the Bayan Lepas International Airport, is situated outside the Bayan Lepas suburb in Southwest Penang Island, Penang, Malaysia. The airport is located 14 km (8.7 mi)[1] south of George Town, the capital city of Penang. It is the oldest airport in the country, being opened in 1935 when Penang was part of the Straits Settlements.
Penang International Airport is a medium-sized airport with good connections to major cities in South East Asia. The airport serves as the main airport for the northern region of Malaysia. Passengers arriving or departing from the north will have a view of George Town, Butterworth, and both the Penang Bridge and the Second Penang Bridge. Waiting times for check-in and baggage claims are relatively short compared to other larger regional airports. The airport is not crowded and basic facilities are available for users.
In 2013, over 5.48 million passengers transited through the Penang International Airport. 60,020 aircraft movements were registered.[2] Penang International Airport is the third busiest airport in the country, after Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Kota Kinabalu International Airport, and second busiest in terms of international passenger and cargo traffic after Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
The airport is the hub of two low-cost carriers, namely Airasia and Firefly.[3]
Penang International Airport won the Best Emerging Airport (Asia) award in the 23rd annual Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards 2009 (AFSCA) and Airport of the Year (below 15 million passenger annually) in the 2009 Frost and Sullivan Asia Pacific Aerospace and Defence Awards.
Facilities
There are ongoing discussions between airport operator, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), Ministry of Transportation, and Asia's largest low cost carrier, AirAsia about setting up Malaysia's third low cost carrier terminal at the airport.[4] In October 2008, Firefly was urged by the Chief Minister of Penang, Lim Guan Eng to build a budget terminal, termed "community terminal" to better cater for the needs of budget travellers. He also called on the Federal Government and MAHB to consider renovating the current airport terminal to higher standards.[5]
The airport has been a source of contention between the Penang state government and the Malaysian federal government. In recent years, calls by the Penang state government to expand the airport largely went unheeded by the Malaysian federal government, even though the airport is reaching its maximum capacity of 6.5 million passengers.[6]
Airlines and destinations
Cargo Terminal
Traffic and statistics
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handled |
% change |
(tonnes) |
% change |
movements |
% change |
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| 2003 | 2,334,669 |  | 197,567 | | 30,558 | |
| 2004 | 2,987,993 |  28.0 | 212,369 | 7.5 | 33,069 | 8.2 |
| 2005 | 2,834,545 |  5.1 | 221,971 | 4.5 | 34,616 | 4.7 |
| 2006 | 3,103,772 | 9.5 | 225,952 | 1.8 | 36,259 | 4.7 |
| 2007 | 3,173,117 | 2.2 | 208,582 | 7.7 | 39,265 | 8.3 |
| 2008 | 3,405,762 | 7.3 | 192,936 | 7.5 | 43,796 | 11.5 |
| 2009 | 3,325,423 | 2.4 | 137,775 | 28.6 | 43,621 | 0.4 |
| 2010 | 4,166,969 | 25.3 | 147,057 | 6.7 | 50,205 | 15.1 |
| 2011 | 4,600,274 | 10.4 | 131,846 | 10.3 | 54,713 | 9.0 |
| 2012 | 4,767,815 | 3.6 | 123,246 | 6.5 | 53,766 | 1.7 |
| 2013 | 5,487,751 | 15.1 | 153,703 | 24.7 | 60,020 | 11.6 |
| 2014 | 6,041,583 | 10.1 | 141,213 | 8.1 | 65,734 | 9.5 |
| 2015 | 6,258,756 | 3.6 | 130,392 | 7.7 | 66,670 | 1.4 |
| Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[9] | ||||||
Statistics
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References
- ↑ WMKP – PENANG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
- ↑ Penang International Airport at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- ↑ "AirAsia to turn Penang into fourth hub in Malaysia". The Star. 8 July 2009.
- ↑ "Talks on low cost carrier terminal in Penang". The Star. 8 February 2007.
- ↑ "Build Terminal, Airline Urged". The Star. 28 October 2008.
- ↑ http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/guan-eng-demands-putrajaya-approve-penang-international-airport-expansion-n
- ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2014/11/06/cxc-pnh-w14/
- ↑ EVA Air Cargo Schedule
- ↑ "MAHB Annual Report 2015" (PDF). Malaysia Airports. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Penang International Airport. |
- Penang International Airport at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- Current weather for WMKP at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for PEN at Aviation Safety Network
- Penang Sentral Global Website
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