Sultan Abdul Halim Airport
Sultan Abdul Halim Airport Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Halim | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kedah, and Perlis, Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Location | Kepala Batas, Kedah, Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 15 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 06°11′40″N 100°24′03″E / 6.19444°N 100.40083°E | ||||||||||
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  WMBT Location in West Malaysia | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2015) | |||||||||||
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Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (IATA: AOR, ICAO: WMKA) is an airport that serves Alor Setar, a city in the state of Kedah in Malaysia.
The airport, located in Kepala Batas, is 15 km (9.3 mi)[2] away from town, can handle up to 800,000 ppa. The new terminal is already operational by 5 May 2006 to cater for future traffic growth. The new terminal has the capacity to receive the Airbus 330 operations as the runway was extended from the previous 1,963 m × 45 m (6,440 ft × 148 ft) to 2,745 m × 45 m (9,006 ft × 148 ft). In 2009, the airport handled 421,314 passengers with 24,031 aircraft movements.
The Royal Malaysian Air Force training division is also co-located and uses the same runway as the airport.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| AirAsia | Kuala Lumpur–International |
| Firefly | Kuala Lumpur–Subang |
| Malaysia Airlines | Kuala Lumpur–International Hajj: Jeddah, Medina |
| Malindo Air | Kuala Lumpur–Subang |
Traffic and statistics
handled |
% Change |
(tonnes) |
% Change |
Movements |
% Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 353,778 |  |
17 | |
18,318 |
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| 2004 | 346,502 |  2.0 |
67 |  294.1 |
14,784 | 19.3
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| 2005 | 323,669 | 6.6 |
118 | 76.1 |
17,632 | 19.2
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| 2006 | 292,549 | 9.6 |
111 | 5.9 |
18,495 | 4.9
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| 2007 | 291,006 | 0.5 |
55 | 50.4 |
20,277 | 9.6
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| 2008 | 307,564 | 5.7 |
41 | 25.4 |
17,705 | 12.7
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| 2009 | 421,314 | 36.9 |
34 | 17.1 |
24,031 | 35.7
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| 2010 | 400,997 | 4.8 |
34 | |
22,187 | 7.7
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| 2011 | 407,717 | 1.7 |
46 | 35.3 |
19,621 | 11.6
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| 2012 | 433,644 | 6.4 |
123 | 167.4 |
18,006 | 8.2
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| 2013 | 535,073 | 23.4 |
126 | 2.3 |
15,752 | 12.5
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| 2014 | 660,264 | 23.4 |
230 | 82.4 |
17,365 | 10.2
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| 2015 | 719,029 | 8.9 |
389 | 69.0 |
18,368 | 5.8
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| Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[3] | ||||||
Transportation
This airport nearby Anak Bukit railway station within 5 to 8 minutes by taxi. This station are connected to main city and town in Kedah and Perlis like Alor Setar, Gurun, Sungai Petani, Kangar, Arau and Padang Besar.
References
- ^ Sultan Abdul Halim Airport at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- ^ a b WMKA - ALOR STAR/SULTAN ABDUL HALIM at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
- ^ "MAHB Annual Report 2015" (PDF). Malaysia Airports. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
External links
- Sultan Abdul Halim Airport, Alor Setar at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- Current weather for WMKA at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for AOR at Aviation Safety Network
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