Sultan Abdul Halim Airport
Sultan Abdul Halim Airport Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Halim | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Alor Setar as well as entire Kedah and Perlis state with the exception of Kuala Muda, Bandar Baharu and Kulim districts | ||||||||||
| Location | Kepala Batas, Alor Setar, 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 | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  WMKA Location in West Malaysia | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2018) | |||||||||||
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Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (IATA: AOR, ICAO: WMKA) is an airport in Kepala Batas, Kedah, Malaysia. It serves the city of Alor Setar and state of Perlis due to the state's small geographical size (but international as well as cross-sea flights to the Northern Peninsular, especially those from East Malaysia utilises the Penang International Airport as the main gateway).
The airport, located in Kepala Batas, is 15 km (9.3 mi)[2] away from town, can handle up to 800,000 ppa. Built in 1929, the airport is the 2nd oldest airport in Peninsular Malaysia, after Taiping Airport. 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 A330 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 | Johor Bahru,[3][4][5] Kuala Lumpur–International |
| Firefly | Kuala Lumpur–Subang |
| Malaysia Airlines | Kuala Lumpur–International Seasonal: Jeddah, Medina |
| Malindo Air | Kuala Lumpur–Subang |
Traffic and statistics
| Year | Passengers handled[a] |
Passenger % Change |
Cargo (tonnes) |
Cargo % Change |
Aircraft movements |
Aircraft % 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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| 2016 | 787,706 | 9.6 |
390 | 0.3 |
18,190 | 1.0
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| 2017 | 802,304 | 1.9 |
489 | 25.4 |
46,285 | 154.5
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| 2018 | 817,253 | 1.9 |
845 | 72.7 |
44,989 | 2.8
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| Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[6] | ||||||
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.
Notes
- ^ Number of passengers including domestic, international and transit
References
- ^ Sultan Abdul Halim Airport at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- ^ a b WMKA - ALOR STAR/SULTAN ABDUL HALIM at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
- ^ https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/airasia-start-jbalor-setar-jbipoh-flights-oct-1
- ^ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/279721/airasia-adds-new-domestic-routes-from-johor-bahru-from-oct-2018/
- ^ https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/04/475744/airasia-adds-437-extra-flights-hari-raya
- ^ "Malaysia Airports: Airports Statistics 2018" (PDF). malaysiaairports. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
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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