Kota Kinabalu International Airport
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Kota Kinabalu International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kota Kinabalu |
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IATA: BKI - ICAO: WBKK | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | Public | ||
Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[1] | ||
Serves | Kota Kinabalu | ||
Elevation AMSL | 10 ft (3 m) | ||
Coordinates | |||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
02/20 | 9,800 | 2,987 | Asphalt |
02/20 | 12,402 | 3,780 | Under Construction (Estimated to be completed in 2008) |
Statistics (2005)[2] | |||
Number of Passengers | 3,970,000 | ||
Aircraft Movements | 49,680 |
Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) (IATA: BKI, ICAO: WBKK) is located about 8 km from the city of Kota Kinabalu, the state capital of Sabah, Malaysia. It is the second busiest airport in Malaysia after Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Peninsular Malaysia with around 4 million passengers using this airport annually for domestic and international flights. In 2005, about 1.8 million tourists visited Sabah, and it is estimated that this number will exceed 2.5 million by the end of 2006.
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[edit] Present
In 2005, the Malaysian government approved a project for major renovation and extension of KKIA worth RM1.2 billion that will see the present 2,988 m runway extended to 3,780 m and the size of the main airport terminal building increased from 34,000 m² to 87,000 m², and this airport will be the second largest airport in Malaysia with an annual capacity of 10 million passengers. The new airport terminal building will able to accommodate five Boeing 747s, two Airbus A330, ten Boeing 737s, three Fokker 50s and three Dorniers at any one time. It will also have 17 jetways for passenger use. The present air traffic control tower which is attached to the main terminal building will be demolished and will be replaced by a separate, stand alone tower.
Terminal 2 which is currently used by AirAsia and other regional airlines will also be extended to become the second biggest low-cost hub in the country after KLIA and it will also be bigger than Singapore's low cost terminal. It will be able to support 3 million passengers anually. AirAsia will make Kota Kinabalu the main hub for flights from China to Malaysia due to Kota Kinabalu being the shortest distance between the two countries.
When the project is completed, the airport will be able to receive the biggest passenger aircraft, i.e. the Airbus A380.
AirAsia will start flying to Shenzen, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Indonesia projected by end of 2006. Sabah Government hopes to target more visitors from Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia.
[edit] Airlines
- AirAsia (Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Kuching, Miri, Sandakan, Tawau, Manila, Macau [By 26 December 2006])
- Thai AirAsia (Bangkok)
- Asiana (Seoul-Incheon)
- Cathay Pacific
- Dragonair (Hong Kong)
- Domodedovo Airlines Charter
- Far Eastern Air Transport (Taipei-Songshan)
- FlyAsianXpress (Labuan, Kudat, Lahad Datu, Sandakan, Miri, Mulu, Bintulu, Sibu)
- Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon) Seasonal
- Layang-Layang Aerospace
- Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Labuan, Sandakan, Tawau, Bandar Seri Begawan, Cebu, Guangzhou, Kaoshiung, Hong Kong, Manila, Seoul-Incheon, Singapore, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan, Tokyo-Narita)
- Royal Brunei (Bandar Seri Begawan)
- Singapore Airlines
- Silk Air (Singapore)
- Sabah Air (Regional)
- South Phoenix Airways (Puerto Princesa, Davao City)
- Transmile Air Services (Cargo)
- TransAsia Airways (Taipei-Songshan) Charter
[edit] Past Airlines
- China Northern Airlines (Mergered into China Southern Airlines)
- Cathay Pacific (Service to Hong Kong restored by Dragonair)
- EVA Air
- Philippine Airlines (Currently codeshare with Malaysia Airlines)
- Qantas
- Australian Airlines (Terminated since June 2006)
- South East Asian Airlines
- Singapore Airlines (Terminated flights on December 2001, continuing operations to Kota Kinabalu with Silkair.)
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Sabah | ||
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Divisions: Interior Division | Kudat Division | Sandakan Division | Tawau Division | West Coast Division | ||
City: Kota Kinabalu | ||
Towns: Beaufort | Beluran | Inanam | Keningau | Kinabatangan | Kuala Penyu | Kota Belud | Kota Marudu | Kudat | Kunak | Kundasang | Lahad Datu | Nabawan | Papar | Penampang | Pitas | Ranau | Sandakan | Semporna | Sipitang | Tambunan | Tamparuli | Tawau | Tenom | Tuaran | ||
Islands: Banggi Island | Gaya Island | Layang Layang Island | Ligitan Island | Sebatik Island | Sipadan Island |