Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport

Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan
Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ahmad Shah / TUDM Kuantan
IATA: KUA – ICAO: WMKD
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Owner Government of Malaysia
Operator Military of Malaysia /
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves Pahang, Malaysia
Location Kuantan, Pahang, West 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°E / 3.76972; 103.20944Coordinates: 03°46′11″N 103°12′34″E / 3.76972°N 103.20944°E / 3.76972; 103.20944
Map
WMKD

Location in West Malaysia

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 2,804 9,199 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passenger 292,109 (Decrease 7.0%)
Airfreight (tonnes) 21 (Decrease 55.2%)
Aircraft movements 4,174 (Increase 6.7%)
Source: official web site[1]
AIP Malaysia[2]

Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport (IATA: KUA, ICAO: WMKD) is an airport that serves Kuantan, a city in the state of Pahang in 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 plane to the arrival hall.

It also houses the 6 Squadron (BAE Hawk) and 19 Squadron (MiG-29) of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Firefly Penang, Singapore
Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur–International

Traffic and statistics

Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics
Year
Passengers
handled
Passenger
% change
Cargo
(tonnes)
Cargo
% change
Aircraft
movements
Aircraft
% change
2003351,179Steady64Steady4,054Steady
2004349,375Decrease0.564Steady4,088Increase 0.8
2005298,184Decrease14.675Increase17.23,757Decrease 8.1
2006273,005Decrease8.4109Increase45.32,973Decrease 20.9
2007262,486Decrease3.8103Decrease5.53,487Increase 17.3
2008259,529Decrease1.170Decrease32.03,551Increase 1.8
2009226,912Decrease12.670Steady3,110Decrease 12.4
2010220,878Decrease2.749Decrease30.02,802Decrease 9.9
2011248,846Increase12.738Decrease22.43,452Increase 23.2
2012280,074Increase12.557Increase50.53,613Increase 4.7
2013317,440Increase13.386Increase51.23,663Increase 1.4
2014314,130Decrease 1.046Decrease 46.93,911Increase 6.8
2015292,109Decrease 7.021Decrease 55.24,174Increase 6.7
Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[4]

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 is not air conditioned.

Gallery

A car park view of Kuantan Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport. 

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport, Kuantan at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  2. ↑ WMKD – KUANTAN AIRPORT at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
  3. ↑ Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport, Kuantan official page at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  4. ↑ "MAHB Annual Report 2015" (PDF). Malaysia Airports. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.

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