Langkawi International Airport
Langkawi International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Langkawi | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Langkawi, Kedah, West Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Location | Langkawi Island, Kedah, West Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
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  WMKL Location in West Malaysia | |||||||||||
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Langkawi International Airport (IATA: LGK, ICAO: WMKL), is an airport situated on the duty-free island of Langkawi in the state of Kedah in Malaysia. The airport is located at Padang Matsirat and is about 25 minutes of driving from the town centre, Kuah. Flights from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to the airport take about an hour.
The Langkawi International Airport is a tourist attraction because it serves as a venue for the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition or LIMA which is an international aerospace event for aviation industry and aero performances for the public.
In 2009, the airport handled 1,539,271 passengers and 39,815 aircraft movements.[3]
Airlines and destinations
Traffic and statistics
handled |
% change |
(tonnes) |
% change |
movements |
% change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 726,817 |  |
287 | |
8,931 |
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| 2004 | 845,276 |  16.3 |
325 | 13.2 |
8,711 |  2.5
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| 2005 | 830,334 | 1.8 |
449 | 38.1 |
8,964 | 2.9
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| 2006 | 934,024 | 12.5 |
487 | 8.5 |
27,622 | 208.1
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| 2007 | 1,122,911 | 20.2 |
524 | 7.6 |
43,234 | 56.5
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| 2008 | 1,196,956 | 6.6 |
589 | 12.4 |
41,837 | 3.2
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| 2009 | 1,359,271 | 13.6 |
572 | 2.9 |
39,815 | 4.8
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| 2010 | 1,374,729 | 1.1 |
434 | 24.1 |
33,064 | 17.0
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| 2011 | 1,504,697 | 9.4 |
646 | 48.8 |
31,482 | 4.8
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| 2012 | 1,594,106 | 5.9 |
754 | 16.7 |
33,056 | 5.0
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| 2013 | 1,946,440 | 22.1 |
630 | 16.4 |
29,309 | 11.3
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| 1H 2014[5] | 1,104,372 | 26.5 |
TBA | |
TBA |
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Statistics
| Rank | Destinations | Frequency (Weekly) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) | 50 |
| 2 | Penang | 28 |
| 3 | Selangor, Subang (SZB) | 14 |
| 4 | Singapore | 8 |
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.[6]
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. [7]
See also
References
- ^ Langkawi International Airport at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- ^ WMKL – LANGKAWI INTERNATIONAL at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
- ^ Langkawi Airport at Malaysia Airport Holdings website
- ^ "MAHB Annual Report 2012" (PDF). MAHB. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ http://www.mot.gov.my/en/Statistics/Aviation/2014%201%20-%20QUARTER%20I%202014/Jadual%204.5.pdf
- ^ Three paratroopers dead in Malaysia airshow accident. 3 December 2007.
- ^ Wired article A Startlingly Simple Theory About the Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=443585
External links
- Langkawi International Airport at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- Langkawi International Airport Real Time Flight Schedule
- Current weather for WMKL at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for LGK at Aviation Safety Network
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