Sultan Ismail Petra Airport

Sultan Ismail Petra Airport
Sultan Ismail Petra Airport; لاڤڠن تربڠ سلطان اسماعيل ڤيترا; Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ismail Petra
IATA: KBR – ICAO: WMKC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves	Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
Location	Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan
Elevation AMSL	16 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	06°10′00″N 102°17′34″E / 6.1666667°N 102.29278°E
Runways
Statistics (2008)
Passengers	836,060
Airfreight movements in tonnes	181
Aircraft movements	57,102
	Sources: official website and DAFIF

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Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (IATA: KBR, ICAO: WMKC) is an airport that serves Kota Bharu, a city in the state of Kelantan in Malaysia. Opened in September 2002, the new 12,000 m² airport terminal has three aircraft stands, three jet bridges and is able to handle 1.4 million passengers. The new terminal is equipped with facilities and services to cater to the increasing inflow of tourists to Kelantan. In 2008, the airport handled 836,060 passengers, with 57,102 aircraft movements.^[1]

[edit] History

This airport is a former RAF base, RAF Kota Bharu, the scene of the first Japanese landing in Malaya in December 1941.

After years as an RAF base, a passenger terminal was built, currently known as the old terminal. In 2002, a new terminal was built to handle a greater number of passengers. In October 2008, the government announced that it intends to extend the runway to a length of 2,400 m (7,874 ft).

In the third quarter of 2008, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad built a new hangar, a new apron, aircraft parking bay and made taxiway improvements to cater to the growth of the Asia Pacific Flight Training flying school.