Sultan Abdul Halim Airport

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Sultan Abdul Halim Airport Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Halim
IATA: AOR – ICAO: WMKA
Summary
Airport type		Public / Military
Operator		Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves		Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
Elevation AMSL		15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates		06°11′22″N 100°23′53″E / 6.18944, 100.39806
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
04/22	2,745	9,005	Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (IATA: AOR, ICAO: WMKA) is an airport that serves Alor Star, a city in the state of Kedah in Malaysia.

The airport, located 13 km away from town, can handle up to 800,000 ppa. The new terminal is already operational by 5 May 2006 to cater for future traffic growth. The new terminal has the capacity to receive the Airbus 330 operations as the runway was extended from the previous 1,963 meters long and 45 meters wide to 2,745 meters long and 45 meters wide. In 2005, the airport handled 323,669 passengers with 3,267 aircraft movements.

The Royal Malaysian Air Force training division is also co-located and uses the same runway as the airport.

The current airport manager is Mahmud Fauzi Hj Kadir.

Contents 1 Ground arrangements 2 Airlines and destinations 2.1 Operational system 2.2 Past airlines and routes 2.2.1 Airlines still in operations with its terminated routes 2.2.2 Past airlines with its destinations 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Ground arrangements

AirAsia conveniently provides a shuttle van from the airport to Hat Yai, Thailand.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Operational system

• AirAsia (Kuala Lumpur)
• Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur)

[edit] Past airlines and routes

[edit] Airlines still in operations with its terminated routes

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[edit] Past airlines with its destinations

• Ked-Air (Medan) (Operations Ceased)

[edit] References

1. ^ Airport information for WMKA at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF.
2. ^ Airport information for AOR at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.

[edit] External links

• Sultan Abdul Halim Airport, Alor Star at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
• Current weather for WMKA at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for AOR at Aviation Safety Network

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