Busiest airports in Malaysia

The busiest airports in Malaysia are measured according to data presented by Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[1] (with the exception of Senai International Airport, operated independently).[2]

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Passenger traffic

A passenger is described as a person who departs, arrives or pass in condition of transit through any airport located between the borders of Malaysia at any point of time during a year. The data here presented includes total amount of departure, arrival and transit passengers for the years selected, and for both domestic and international flights arriving in scheduled and non-scheduled services. The data for 2010 is preliminary for most of the airports here described, and numbers are rounded off by the original source.

# Airport Name State City Served IATA ICAO 2008 2009 2010
1 Kuala Lumpur International Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur KUL WMKK 27,529,355 29,682,093 34,087,636
2 Kota Kinabalu International Airport Sabah Kota Kinabalu BKI WBKK 4,689,164 4,868,526 5,223,000
3 Penang International Airport Penang George Town PEN WMKP 3,405,762 3,235,423 4,167,000
4 Kuching International Airport Sarawak Kuching KCH WBGG 3,238,614 3,574,632 3,684,000
5 Miri Airport Sarawak Miri MYY WBGR 1,537,840 1,620,345 1,695,915
6 Langkawi International Airport Kedah Langkawi LGK WMKL 1,196,156 1,539,271 1,370,000
7 Senai International Airport[3] Johor Johor Bahru JHB WMKJ 1,470,000 1,310,000 1,240,000
8 Subang Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur SZB WMSA 307,747 819,840 1,118,000
9 Sultan Ismail Petra Airport Kelantan Kota Bharu KBR WMKC 836,060 1,003,162 1,047,000
10 Sibu Airport Sarawak Sibu SBW WBKW 831,772 939,732 1,009,002
11 Tawau Airport Sabah Tawau TWU WBGS 768,967 866,601 897,848
12 Sandakan Airport Sabah Sandakan SDK WBKS 618,927 672,469 741,674
13 Bintulu Airport Sarawak Bintulu BTU WBGB 417,918 487,060 557,459
14 Sultan Mahmud Airport Terengganu Kuala Terengganu TGG WMKN 487,495 523,619 520,611
15 Labuan Airport Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan BTU WBGB 550,859 476,876 505,903
16 Sultan Abdul Halim Airport Kedah Alor Setar AOR WMKA 307,564 421,314 400,997
17 Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport Pahang Kuantan KUA WMKD 259,529 226,912 220,878
18 Lahad Datu Airport Sabah Lahad Datu LDU WBKD 99,983 98,558 113,442
19 Limbang Airport Sarawak Limbang LMN WBGJ 49,181 45,512 50,044
20 Melaka Airport Malacca Malacca City MKZ WMKM 23,751 18,576 21,687

Aircraft movements

Commercial aircraft movements

The following is a list of 10 busiest airports in Malaysia in terms of number of commercial aircraft movements (take-off and landing). [4] Aircraft movement statistics for Senai International Airport is unavailable.

# Airport Name State City Served IATA ICAO 2009 2010
1 Kuala Lumpur International Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur KUL WMKK 225,251 244,179
2 Kota Kinabalu International Airport Sabah Kota Kinabalu BKI WBKK 52,677 55,089
3 Penang International Airport Penang George Town PEN WMKP 38,343 44,753
4 Kuching International Airport Sarawak Kuching KCH WBGG 41,437 42,940
5 Miri Airport Sarawak Miri MYY WBGR 38,836 39,509
6 Subang Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur SZB WMSA 19,897 24,509
7 Sibu Airport Sarawak Sibu TWU WBKW 16,275 17,899
8 Langkawi International Airport Kedah Langkawi LGK WMKL 12,638 13,274
9 Sultan Ismail Petra Airport Kelantan Kota Bharu KBR WMKC 13,709 13,180
10 Sandakan Airport Sabah Sandakan SDK WBKS 10,214 12,095

Total aircraft movements

The following is a list of 10 busiest airports in Malaysia in terms of total aircraft movements (take-off and landing). [5] This may include commercial, private, training and military aircraft. Aircraft movement statistics for Senai International Airport is unavailable.

# Airport Name State City Served IATA ICAO 2009 2010
1 Kuala Lumpur International Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur KUL WMKK 226,751 245,650
2 Sultan Ismail Petra Airport Kelantan Kota Bharu KBR WMKC 74,863 75,906
3 Subang Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur SZB WMSA 55,148 63,616
4 Malacca International Airport Melaka Malacca City MKZ WMKM 54,160 60,811
5 Kota Kinabalu International Airport Sabah Kota Kinabalu BKI WBKK 53,554 55,241
6 Penang International Airport Penang George Town PEN WMKP 43,621 50,205
7 Kuching International Airport Sarawak Kuching KCH WBGG 44,761 46,382
8 Miri Airport Sarawak Miri MYY WBGR 41,996 41,682
9 Sultan Azlan Shah Airport Perak Ipoh IPH WMKI 40,883 41,069
10 Langkawi International Airport Kedah Langkawi LGK WMKL 39,815 33,064

Busiest air routes

See also: World's busiest passenger air routes

The busiest air route between two airports within Malaysia is the Kuala Lumpur - Kota Kinabalu sector. This sector is also the 45th busiest air route in the world for the period of August to September 2011.[6] The second busiest route is the Kuala Lumpur - Kuching sector.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. Information for domestic and international airports presented individually in the section MAHB Airports.
  2. ^ Senai Airport, as well as Kerteh Airport, are the most important airstrips in the country not operated by Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. Senai Airport is operated by Senai Airport Terminal Services Sdn Bhd, and Kerteh Airport is owned and operated by Petronas. There were no data available for Kerteh Airport at the time of writing the article.
  3. ^ Data from Senai International Airport are rounded off in its original source and taken from Senai Airport Terminal Services Sdn Bhd website in its section "Passengers".
  4. ^ "Malaysia Airports Statistics 2010". Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. pp. 16/396. http://malaysiaairports.listedcompany.com/misc/MAHB2010-Statistics.pdf. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 
  5. ^ "Malaysia Airports Statistics 2010". Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. pp. 21/401. http://malaysiaairports.listedcompany.com/misc/MAHB2010-Statistics.pdf. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 
  6. ^ a b "The world's top ten routes are in Asia Pacific". CAPA - Centre for Aviation. 2 September 2011. http://www.centreforaviation.com/analysis/the-worlds-top-ten-routes-are-in-asia-58178. Retrieved 23 September 2011. 

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