Langkawi International Airport

Langkawi International Airport
Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Langkawi
IATA: LGK – ICAO: WMKL
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Malaysia
Operator Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves Langkawi and Perlis
Location Langkawi Island, Kedah, West Malaysia
Time zone MST (UTC+08:00)
Coordinates 06°20′00″N 099°44′00″E / 6.33333°N 99.73333°ECoordinates: 06°20′00″N 099°44′00″E / 6.33333°N 99.73333°E
Map
WMKL

Location in West Malaysia

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 3,810 12,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passenger 2,221,997 (Increase 14.2%)
Airfreight (tonnes) 567 (Decrease 10.1%)
Aircraft movements 28,694 (Decrease 2.1%)
Source: official web site[1]
AIP Malaysia[2]

Langkawi International Airport (IATA: LGK, ICAO: WMKL), is an airport situated on the duty-free island of Langkawi in the state of Kedah in Malaysia. The airport is located at Padang Matsirat and is about 25 minutes of driving from the town centre, Kuah. Flights from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to the airport take about an hour.

The Langkawi International Airport is a tourist attraction because it serves as a venue for the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition or LIMA which is an international aerospace event for aviation industry and aero performances for the public.

In 2009, the airport handled 1,539,271 passengers and 39,815 aircraft movements.[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Singapore
Firefly Kuala Lumpur-Subang, Penang
Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur
Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur-Subang, Penang
SilkAir Singapore
Tigerair Singapore

Traffic and statistics

Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics[4]
Year
Passengers
handled
Passenger
% change
Cargo
(tonnes)
Cargo
% change
Aircraft
movements
Aircraft
% change
2003726,817Steady287Steady8,931Steady
2004845,276Increase 16.3325Increase 13.28,711Decrease 2.5
2005830,334Decrease 1.8449Increase 38.18,964Increase 2.9
2006934,024Increase 12.5487Increase 8.527,622Increase 208.1
20071,122,911Increase 20.2524Increase 7.643,234Increase 56.5
20081,196,956Increase 6.6589Increase 12.441,837Decrease 3.2
20091,359,271Increase 13.6572Decrease 2.939,815Decrease 4.8
20101,374,729Increase 1.1434Decrease 24.133,064Decrease 17.0
20111,504,697Increase 9.4646Increase 48.831,482Decrease 4.8
20121,594,106Increase 5.9754Increase 16.733,056Increase 5.0
20131,946,440Increase 22.1630Decrease 16.429,309Decrease 11.3
20142,221,997Increase 14.2567Decrease 10.128,694Decrease 2.1

Statistics

Busiest flights Out of Langkawi International Airport by Frequency
RankDestinationsFrequency (Weekly)
1 Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) 50
2 Penang 28
3 Selangor, Subang (SZB) 14
4 Singapore 8

Accidents and incidents

An accident occurred on 2 December 2007, during the LIMA 2007 air show which caused three paratroopers to plunge into the sea and then drown. They were involved in a rehearsal for a mock exercise to retake the airport from terrorists.[5]

It has been suggested by Chris Goodfellow in an article in Wired that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may have been attempting to head towards Langkawi airport after a fire broke out and hence made the sharp left turn. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Langkawi International Airport at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  2. ↑ WMKL – LANGKAWI INTERNATIONAL at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
  3. ↑ Langkawi Airport at Malaysia Airport Holdings website
  4. ↑ "MAHB Annual Report 2014" (PDF). http://www.malaysiaairports.com.my/. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Three paratroopers dead in Malaysia airshow accident. 3 December 2007.
  6. ↑ Wired article A Startlingly Simple Theory About the Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=443585

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