List of the busiest airports in Malaysia

KLIA control tower and Main Terminal Building, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur International Airport is the 12th busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic

The busiest airports in Malaysia are measured according to data presented by Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.[1] Among all top 20 busiest airports, the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is the only airport which can land the A380. KLIA also has the longest runway in Malaysia, with 2 4,000 and 1 4,124m runways.

Passenger traffic

Shopping Area in Terminal 2, Kota Kinabalu International Airport
Kota Kinabalu International Airport is the country's second busiest airport and East Malaysia's most important air hub
Penang International Airport check-in counters
The city of Penang is served by the homonymous airport, currently the country's third busiest airport
Kuching International Airport at Night

A passenger is described as a person who departs, arrives or passes in condition of transit through any airport located between the borders of Malaysia at any point of time during a year. The data presented here includes the 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.[2]

# Airport Name State City Served IATA ICAO 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
1 Kuala Lumpur International Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur KUL WMKK 29,682,093 34,087,636 37,704,510 39,887,866 47,498,157 48,930,409
2 Kota Kinabalu International Airport Sabah Kota Kinabalu BKI WBKK 4,868,526 5,223,454 5,808,639 5,848,135 6,935,797 6,792,968
3 Penang International Airport Penang George Town PEN WMKP 3,235,423 4,166,969 4,600,274 4,767,815 5,487,751 6,041,583
4 Kuching International Airport Sarawak Kuching KCH WBGG 3,574,632 3,684,517 4,286,7224,186,523 4,871,036 4,852,822
5 Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur SZB WMSA 819,840 1,118,309 1,320,2271,442,514 1,859,020 2,762,556
6 Miri Airport Sarawak Miri MYY WBGR 1,620,345 1,694,915 1,856,6262,018,415 2,223,172 2,363,080
7 Senai International Airport[3] Johor Johor Bahru JHB WMKJ 1,310,000 1,240,000 1,338,000 1,380,000 1,989,979 2,325,816
8 Langkawi International Airport Kedah Langkawi LGK WMKL 1,359,271 1,374,729 1,504,6971,594,106 1,946,440 2,221,997
9 Sultan Ismail Petra Airport Kelantan Kota Bharu KBR WMKC 1,003,162 1,047,755 1,132,345 1,259,205 1,585,238 1,800,836
10 Sibu Airport Sarawak Sibu SBW WBGS 939,732 1,009,002 1,133,0931,204,267 1,383,887 1,440,935
11 Tawau Airport Sabah Tawau TWU WBKW 866,601 897,848 922,452982,153 1,202,344 1,218,616
12 Sandakan Airport Sabah Sandakan SDK WBKS 672,469 741,674 788,515834,626 911,855 900,016
13 Sultan Mahmud Airport Terengganu Kuala Terengganu TGG WMKN 523,619 520,611 502,966 550,831 699,310 842,651
14 Bintulu Airport Sarawak Bintulu BTU WBGB 487,060 557,459 590,253661,553 779,774 832,440
15 Labuan Airport Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan LBU WBGB 476,876 505,903 567,928617,130 738,769 789,494
16 Sultan Abdul Halim Airport Kedah Alor Setar AOR WMKA 421,314 400,997 407,717433,644 535,073 660,264
17 Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport Pahang Kuantan KUA WMKD 226,912 220,878 248,846280,074 317,440 314,130
18 Lahad Datu Airport Sabah Lahad Datu LDU WBKD 98,558 113,442 131,054142,733 145,930 161,230
19 Sultan Azlan Shah Airport Perak Ipoh IPH WMKI 21,937 48,508 71,16973,354 74,320 98,768
20 Limbang Airport Sarawak Limbang LMN WBGJ 45,512 50,044 56,21157,852 61,074 63,870

Cargo Traffic

The following is a list of 10 busiest airports in Malaysia in terms of cargo handling traffic. The cargo numbers are in metric tonnes.

# Airport Name State City Served IATA ICAO 2012 (tonnes) 2013 (tonnes)
1 Kuala Lumpur International Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur KUL WMKK 673,107 680,983
2 Penang International Airport Penang George Town PEN WMKP 123,246 153,703
3 Subang Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur SZB WMSA 22,680 26,443
4 Kuching International Airport Sarawak Kuching KCH WBGG 15,810 21,993
5 Kota Kinabalu International Airport Sabah Kota Kinabalu BKI WBKK 23,563 21,922
6 Miri Airport Sarawak Miri MYY WBGR 9,879 9,800
7 Labuan Airport Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan LBU WBGB 6,071 9,329
8 Senai International Airport Johor Johor Bahru JHB WMKJ 3,149 3,443
9 Sandakan Airport Sabah Sandakan SDK WBKS 2,479 2,894
10 Tawau Airport Sabah Tawau TWU WBKW 2,489 2,844

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]

# Airport Name State City Served IATA ICAO 2012 2013 2014
1 Kuala Lumpur International Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur KUL WMKK 282,290 325,537 339,650
2 Kota Kinabalu International Airport Sabah Kota Kinabalu BKI WBKK 58,366 67,601 68,776
3 Penang International Airport Penang George Town PEN WMKP 49,966 56,760 63,396
4 Kuching International Airport Sarawak Kuching KCH WBGG 43,981 53,095 50,917
5 Subang Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur SZB WMSA 33,224 41,707 56,629
6 Miri Airport Sarawak Miri MYY WBGR 42,351 44,875 46,504
7 Sultan Ismail Petra Airport Kelantan Kota Bharu KBR WMKC 17,112 20,527 25,028
8 Langkawi International Airport Kedah Langkawi LGK WMKL 15,162 17,675 21,722
9 Sibu Airport Sarawak Sibu SBW WBGS 15,923 17,196 17,878
10 Labuan Airport Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan LBU WBGB 13,448 15,072 15,533

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.

# Airport Name State City Served IATA ICAO 2011 2012 2013
1 Kuala Lumpur International Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur KUL WMKK 269,509 283,352 326,678
2 Subang Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur SZB WMSA 68,135 74,008 80,047
3 Kota Kinabalu International Airport Sabah Kota Kinabalu BKI WBKK 59,638 58,366 67,601
4 Penang International Airport Penang George Town PEN WMKP 54,713 53,766 60,020
5 Kuching International Airport Sarawak Kuching KCH WBGG 53,154 46,727 56,085
6 Sultan Ismail Petra Airport Kelantan Kota Bharu KBR WMKC 64,114 50,991 50,406
7 Miri Airport Sarawak Miri MYY WBGR 43,707 45,127 47,585
8 Senai International Airport Johor Johor Bahru JHB WMKJ TBC 12,639 37,908
9 Malacca International Airport Malacca Malacca City MKZ WMKM 53,702 48,881 36,978
10 Langkawi International Airport Kedah Langkawi LGK WMKL 31,482 33,056 29,309

Busiest 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]

References

  1. ↑ Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. Information for domestic and international airports presented individually in the section MAHB Airports
  2. ↑ "2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Statistic:Aviation". Ministry of Transport. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Malaysia Airports 2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. pp. 331/422. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Malaysia Airports 2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. pp. 333/422. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  6. 1 2 "The world's top ten routes are in Asia Pacific". CAPA - Centre for Aviation. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.

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