Langkawi International Airport

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

Location in West Malaysia

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 3,810 12,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passenger 2,655,271 (Increase 13.7%)
Airfreight (tonnes) 588(Decrease 9.0%)
Aircraft movements 31,053 (Increase 0.6%)
Source: official web site[1]
AIP Malaysia[2]

Langkawi International Airport (IATA: LGK, ICAO: WMKL), is an airport in Padang Matsirat, Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia.

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

In 2015, the airport handled 2,336,177 passengers and 30,853 aircraft movements.[3]

History

Construction of the BBC airport began in 1991 and was finished at December 1993. Langkawi International Airport was the airfield of Japanese army in 1945 and also for the British army. Kedah has two airports: Langkawi International Airport and Sultan Abdul Halim Airport

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
AirAsia Guangzhou, Kuching, Shenzhen,[4] Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur–International, Penang, Singapore
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou [5]
Firefly Kuala Lumpur–Subang, Penang
Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur–International
Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur–International, Kuala Lumpur–Subang
Scoot Singapore
SilkAir Singapore

Traffic and statistics

Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics
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
20152,336,177Increase 5.1647Increase 14.130,853Increase 7.5
20162,655,271Increase 13.7588Decrease 9.031,035Increase 0.6
Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[6]20
Boarding flight at Langkawi International Airport

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.[7]

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. [8]

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. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/272574/airasia-plans-langkawi-shenzhen-august-2017-launch/
  5. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/272733/china-southern-schedules-langkawi-july-2017-launch/
  6. ↑ "MAHB Annual Report 2015" (PDF). Malaysia Airports. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Three paratroopers dead in Malaysia airshow accident. 3 December 2007.
  8. ↑ Wired article A Startlingly Simple Theory About the Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet

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