Malacca International Airport

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Malacca International Airport
Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Melaka

Plan of the layout of the new Terminal
IATA: MKZ – ICAO: WMKM
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Malaysia
Operator Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves Malacca, Peninsular Malaysia
Location Batu Berendam, Malacca, Peninsular Malaysia
Time zone MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL 40 ft / 12 m
Coordinates 02°15′47″N 102°15′09″E / 2.26306°N 102.25250°ECoordinates: 02°15′47″N 102°15′09″E / 2.26306°N 102.25250°E
Map
WMKM

Location in West Malaysia

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,135 7,005 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passenger 14,178 (Decrease 34.5%)
Airfreight (tonnes) Steady
Aircraft movements 23,747 (Decrease 35.8%)
Source: official web site[1]
AIP Malaysia[2]

Malacca International Airport (IATA: MKZ, ICAO: WMKM) (formerly known as Batu Berendam Airport is an airport located in Batu Berendam, Malacca in Malaysia. The Airport serves the city and the state of Malacca, as well as northern Johor.

History

The airport, which occupies 141 acres (0.57 km2) of land, was built in 1952.

The airport and particularly its control tower bears historical significance as it was the same tower which guided the plane of Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, to land from London on 20 February 1956. It was in Malacca that Tunku announced the date for the independence of then Malaya from the United Kingdom. Considering the historical nature of this control tower, the Chief Minister of Malacca, Mohd Ali Rustam is attempting to save the tower, by either relocating it, or by changing plans to incorporate the tower.[3]

Between 2008 and 2014, the airport was served by Sky Aviation which operated flights from Pekanbaru 5 times per week.[4] Flights ceased in 2014 when Sky Aviation suspended all operations.

The airport is also used as the base of the Malaysian Flying Academy (MFA), which has been operating out of the airport since 1987.

New terminal entrance

New terminal

Construction of a new terminal started on 1 April 2006. The runway was upgraded from 1,372 m × 37 m (4,501 ft × 121 ft), to 2,045 m × 45 m (6,709 ft × 148 ft) and is now 2,135 m × 45 m (7,005 ft × 148 ft), allowing Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 aircraft to take off. The terminal complex was replaced by a new 7,000 m2 (75,000 sq ft) terminal equipped with international-standard amenities. The control tower was replaced and complemented with advanced aeronautical devices. Both ends of the runway now contain facilities to guide night landing and better assure safety in bad weather conditions.

On May 2009, the new terminal was officially opened. The new terminal could handle 1.5 million passengers annually as opposed to the 30,000 of the old terminal. The airport was visited by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on February 2010. In his visit, he officially renamed the airport Malacca International Airport.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Malindo Air Kota Bharu, Pekanbaru, Penang

Traffic and statistics

Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics[5]
Year
Passengers
handled
Passenger
% change
Cargo
(tonnes)
Cargo
% change
Aircraft
movements
Aircraft
% change
200331,108Steady214Steady57,636Steady
200446,692Increase 50.1602Increase 181.370,369Increase 22.1
200527,683Decrease 40.7370Decrease 38.577,504Increase 10.1
200618,509Decrease 33.1146Decrease 60.574,888Decrease 3.4
200727,209Increase 47.0219Increase 50.064,936Decrease 13.3
200823,751Decrease 12.7179Decrease 18.360,512Decrease 6.8
200918,576Decrease 21.8127Decrease 29.054,160Decrease 10.5
201021,687Increase 16.7144Increase 13.460,811Increase 12.3
201121,322Decrease 1.7139Decrease 3.553,702Decrease 11.7
201234,355Increase 61.1195Increase 40.348,881Decrease 9.0
201321,637Decrease 37.00Decrease 10036,978Decrease 24.4
201414,178Decrease 34.50Steady 23,747Decrease 35.8
View down the length of the whole terminal entrance

See also

References

  1. ↑ Malacca International Airport at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  2. ↑ WMKM – MALACCA at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
  3. ↑ "Malacca CM in bid to save airport tower", The Star, 30 August 2007
  4. ↑ "Air Asia di Melaka", "Mohd Ali Rustam's blog", 28 August 2008
  5. ↑ "MAHB Annual Report 2014" (PDF). http://www.malaysiaairports.com.my/. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.

External links

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