Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport

Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan
Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan; Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ahmad Shah / TUDM Kuantan
IATA: KUA – ICAO: WMKD
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Owner	Government of Malaysia
Operator	Military of Malaysia /; Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves	Kuantan
Location	Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Elevation AMSL	58 ft / 18 m
Coordinates	03°46′11″N 103°12′34″E / 3.76972°N 103.20944°ECoordinates: 03°46′11″N 103°12′34″E / 3.76972°N 103.20944°E
Map
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Runways
Statistics (2016)
Passenger	247,757 ( 15.2%)
Airfreight (tonnes)	15 ( 27.3%)
Aircraft movements	3,493 ( 16.3%)
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Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport (IATA: KUA, ICAO: WMKD) is an airport that serves Kuantan, a city in the state of Pahang, Malaysia. The airport is located 15 km from the city. In 2009, the airport handled 226,912 passengers on 3,110 flights, though the airport is able to handle over one million passengers annually.^[2] In 2008, Taiwan and Tourism Malaysia had co-operated that there were 23 charter flights directly from Taipei to Kuantan Airport, this condition had made Kuantan Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport the first airport in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia that received international flights. Passengers have to walk from the aircraft to the arrival hall.

Co-located with the airport is RMAF Kuantan, housing 15 Squadron (BAE Hawk) and 19 Squadron (MiG-29) of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

Airlines and destinations[]

Airlines	Destinations
Firefly	Singapore
Malaysia Airlines	Kuala Lumpur–International
Scoot	Singapore (begins 2 February 2018)^[3]

Traffic and statistics[]

**Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics**
Year	Passengers handled	Passenger % change	Cargo (tonnes)	Cargo % change	Aircraft movements	Aircraft % change
2003	351,179	10 !Template:Nochange	64	10 !Template:Nochange	4,054	Template:Nochange
2004	349,375	03 !0.5	64	Template:Nochange09 !	4,088	0.8
2005	298,184	09 !14.6	75	03 !17.2	3,757	8.1
2006	273,005	07 !8.4	109	02 !45.3	2,973	20.9
2007	262,486	06 !3.8	103	04 !5.5	3,487	17.3
2008	259,529	04 !1.1	70	07 !32.0	3,551	1.8
2009	226,912	08 !12.6	70	Template:Nochange08 !	3,110	12.4
2010	220,878	05 !2.7	49	06 !30.0	2,802	9.9
2011	248,846	01 !12.7	38	05 !22.4	3,452	23.2
2012	280,074	02 !12.5	57	01 !50.5	3,613	4.7
2013	317,440	02 !13.3	86	01 !51.2	3,663	1.4
2014	314,130	1.0	46	46.9	3,911	6.8
2015	292,109	7.0	21	55.2	4,174	6.7
2016	247,757	15.2	15	27.3	3,493	16.3
^{Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad^[4]}

Passenger facilities[]

The airport has an outdoor car park, a taxi stand, several small shops, an arrival hall and a departure hall. The front part of the building housing the shops and the check in counters are not air conditioned.

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ WMKD – KUANTAN AIRPORT at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
↑ Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport, Kuantan official page at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
↑ Scoot to kick off brand new Malaysian destinations
↑ "MAHB Annual Report 2016". Malaysia Airports. 2 May 2017. http://ir.irchartnexus.com/malaysiaairports/doc/ar/ar2016.pdf. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport.

Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport, Kuantan at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport Real Time Flight Schedule
Current weather for WMKD at NOAA/National Weather Service
Accident history for KUA at Aviation Safety Network

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[AIP-1] WMKD – KUANTAN AIRPORT at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia

[2] Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport, Kuantan official page at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad

[3] Scoot to kick off brand new Malaysian destinations

[4] "MAHB Annual Report 2016". Malaysia Airports. 2 May 2017. http://ir.irchartnexus.com/malaysiaairports/doc/ar/ar2016.pdf. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

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