Kuala Lumpur International Airport
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Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Airport information
IATAKUL
ICAOWMKK
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Malaysia
OperatorMalaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn Bhd
ServesKuala Lumpur, West Malaysia
LocationSepang, Selangor, West Malaysia
Hub
Built27 June 1998
Elevation21 m (71 ft)
Statistics2009
Passenger movements29682093
Airfreight movements in tonnes584,559
Aircraft movements225251

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Kuala Lumpur International Airport commonly known as KLIA is one of Southeast Asia's major aviation hubs. It is also Malaysia's main international airport. It is situated in the Sepang district, in the south of the state of Selangor, about 50 km (31.1 mi) from the capital city, Kuala Lumpur. KLIA was built at a cost of about RM8.5 billion or US$3.5 billion.

Kuala Lumpur International Airport is capable of handling 35 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo a year in its current phase. As of 2006, it was ranked as the 13th busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic, and is the 7th busiest international airport in Asia. The complex handled 26,938,970 passengers in 2007, a 13.0% increase over 2005. In 2008, Kuala Lumpur International Airport handled 667,495 metric tonnes of cargo, which is a 2.2% increase compared to 2007. The increase in cargo volume made Kuala Lumpur International Airport the 27th busiest airport by cargo traffic. Also, KLIA was awarded a prestigious 4-star ranking by Skytrax, along with Zürich Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

The airport is operated by Malaysia Airports (MAHB) Sepang Sdn Bhd and is the airline hub or home base for Malaysia Airlines, MASkargo, AirAsia and AirAsia X. KLIA is also the stopover point on the kangaroo route for Malaysia Airlines.

Kuala Lumpur International Airport serves the Klang Valley Metropolitan Region, Greater Klang Valley, Shah Alam, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor and South Perak. With the large catchment area, the airport has become one of the key economic strengths for the nation, where it is well connected via expressways to all parts of Peninsular Malaysia, highly industrialized areas like Shah Alam, and the information and communications technology hub, the Multimedia Super Corridor. It is one of the important components in the economy of Malaysia, as the airport is the main import-export center for the country.

The IATA airport code, KUL was inherited from the previous international gateway for Malaysia, Subang International Airport, which currently handles only turboprop aircraft, general aviation and houses a military air base.

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95 smuggled boa constrictors burst from luggage at Malaysian airport - USA Today Tweet this news
USA Today---...- guilty to wildlife smuggling after his luggage packed with 95 live boa constrictors broke open on a conveyor belt at -Kuala Lumpur International airport-. ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:45:52 GMT+00:00
24 Indian human-trafficking victims rescued in Malaysia - Sify Tweet this news
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Increased size, cost, delay for KLIA II - etravelblackboard.us Tweet this news
etravelblackboard.us--The new budget terminal has been dubbed '-KLIA- II', after -Kuala Lumpur International Airport-, and will have an initial capacity to handle 30 million ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:50:08 GMT+00:00
New Malaysian Airport Terminal to Get Aerobridges - LogisticsWeek Tweet this news
LogisticsWeek--The new LCCT to be built close to the existing -KLIA- terminal at a cost of MYR2bn ($636m) will be able to handle 30 million passengers each year. ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:50:55 GMT+00:00
Unclaimed foreign workers fend for themselves at KLIA - Malaysia Star Tweet this news
Malaysia Star--IF GIVEN a choice, cleaner Russiah Mustaqab, 47, would have opted out from the Immigration holding area at the -Kuala Lumpur International Airport- (-KLIA-) in ... - Date : Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:28:32 GMT+00:00
Malaysia to spend over 300 mln USD for new airport - People's Daily Online Tweet this news
People's Daily Online--The ground-breaking ceremony of the LCCT, to be named -Kuala Lumpur International Airport- Two (-KLIA- 2), was graced by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak ... - Date : Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:56:31 GMT+00:00
M'sia urged to clamp down illegal wildlife trade - The Sun Daily Tweet this news
The Sun Daily--KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 28, 2010): TRAFFIC Southeast Asia and WWF-Malaysia commend the -Kuala Lumpur International Airport- (-KLIA-) authorities for being vigilant ... - Date : Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:54:01 GMT+00:00
Take note of old foreign women,airport authorities told - istockAnalyst.com (press release) Tweet this news
istockAnalyst.com (press release)---...- tourists areas in KL, such as Petaling Street and Central Market. The 14 are now at the -Kuala Lumpur International Airport- Immigration detention depot.--- - Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:58:48 GMT+00:00
CIMB launches foreign money ATM's - istockAnalyst.com (press release) Tweet this news
istockAnalyst.com (press release)--The foreign cash ATMs will be at the -Kuala Lumpur International Airport-, Low Cost Carrier Terminal and Menara Bumiputra-Commerce.--- - Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:58:32 GMT+00:00
Bangkok gets its first city-airport rail-link - Travelio.net Tweet this news
Travelio.net--2) Express Line which runs non-stop from the city-centre terminal to Suvarnabhumi -International Airport- at a speed of 160 kilometers per hour, covering the ... - Date : Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:33:31 GMT+00:00

Airlines Destinations
3rdcoltitle=Terminal
AirAsiaAlor Setar, Banda Aceh, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Bangalore, Bintulu, Chiang Mai, Chennai, Clark,Cochin,Colombo, Denpasar/Bali, Dhaka, Guangzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Hanoi, Hat Yaihttp://www.asiatraveltips.com/travelnews04/27HatYai.shtml, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Jakarta, Johor Bahru,Kolkata, Kota Bharu, Kota Kinabalu, Krabi, Kuala Terengganu, Kuching, Labuan, Langkawi, Macau, Makassar, Medan, Miri, Padang, Pekanbaru, Penang, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Sandakan, Shenzhen, Sibu, Siem Reap, Singapore, Solo, Surabaya, Tawau,Trivandrum,Trichy, Yangon, Yogyakarta
AirAsia XChengdu, Delhi, Gold Coast, Hangzhou, London-Stansted, Melbourne, Mumbai, Perth, Seoul-Incheon [begins November 1] {{http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsbusiness.php?id=518230}}
3rdcoltitle=Terminal
AirAsiaAlor Setar, Banda Aceh, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Bangalore, Bintulu, Chiang Mai, Chennai, Clark,Cochin,Colombo, Denpasar/Bali, Dhaka, Guangzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Hanoi, Hat Yaihttp://www.asiatraveltips.com/travelnews04/27HatYai.shtml, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Jakarta, Johor Bahru,Kolkata, Kota Bharu, Kota Kinabalu, Krabi, Kuala Terengganu, Kuching, Labuan, Langkawi, Macau, Makassar, Medan, Miri, Padang, Pekanbaru, Penang, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Sandakan, Shenzhen, Sibu, Siem Reap, Singapore, Solo, Surabaya, Tawau,Trivandrum,Trichy, Yangon, Yogyakarta
AirAsia XChengdu, Delhi, Gold Coast, Hangzhou, London-Stansted, Melbourne, Mumbai, Perth, Seoul-Incheon [begins November 1] {{http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsbusiness.php?id=518230}}, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tehran-Imam Khomeini , Tianjin, Tokyo-Haneda [begins December 7]  
Air AstanaAlmaty
Air ChinaBeijing-Capital
Air-India ExpressChennai, Tiruchirapalli
Air MauritiusMauritius
Air NiuginiPort Moresby
Air ZimbabweBeijing-Capital, Hararehttp://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/zimbabwe-airline-flies-to-malaysia-2009111338049.html
Biman Bangladesh AirlinesDhaka
Cathay Pacific AirwaysHong Kong{{ref label
Cebu PacificManila
China AirlinesTaipei-Taoyuan
China Southern AirlinesFuzhou, Guangzhou
China Eastern AirlinesShanghai-Pudong, Zhengzhou
EgyptAirCairo
Emirates (airline)Emirates
Etihad AirwaysAbu Dhabi
EVA AirTaipei-Taoyuan
Garuda IndonesiaJakarta, Mataram (Ampenan)
GMG AirlinesDhaka
Gulf AirBahrain
Indian AirlinesChennai
Indonesia AirAsiaDenpasar/Bali, Bandung, Jakarta, Medan, Surabaya
Iran AirMashhad, Tehran-Imam Khomeini
Japan AirlinesTokyo-Narita
Jet AirwaysChennai
Jetstar Asia AirwaysSingapore
KLMAmsterdam, Jakarta
Korean AirSeoul-Incheon
Kuwait AirwaysKuwait, Jakarta
Lion AirJakarta
LufthansaBangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Frankfurt
Mahan AirShirazhttp://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/bnm/20100128/tbs-mahanair-klia-ceeeaba.html
Malaysia AirlinesAlor Star, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Bintulu, Cebu, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Johor Bahru, Kaohsiung, Kota Bharu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuantan, Kuala Terengganu, Kuching, Labuan, Langkawi, Manila, Medan, Miri, Penang, Phuket, Sandakan, Sibu, Singapore, Surabaya, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tawau, Tokyo-Narita, Yangon, Yogyakarta
Malaysia AirlinesAdelaide, Amsterdam, Auckland, Bandung, Bangalore, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Beirut, Brisbane, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cape Town, Chennai, Colombo, Dammam, Delhi, Denpasar/Bali, Dhaka, Dubai, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kaohsiung, Karachi, Kunming, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Male, Manila, Melbourne, Mumbai, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Perth, Phnom Penh, Rome-Fiumicino, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Siem Reap, Sydney, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tokyo-Narita, Xiamen
Merpati Nusantara AirlinesMataram (Ampenan), Surabaya
Myanmar Airways InternationalYangon
Nepal AirlinesKathmandu
Oman AirMuscat
Pakistan International AirlinesKarachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Islamabad
Qatar AirwaysDoha, Phuket [begins 11 October]http://www.qatarairways.com/global/en/newsroom/archive/press-release-21June10.html
Royal Brunei AirlinesBandar Seri Begawan
Royal JordanianAmman-Queen Alia, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
Saudi Arabian AirlinesDammam, Jakarta, Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh
Shenzhen AirlinesNanning, Shenzhen, Xi'an
SilkAirSingapore
Singapore AirlinesSingapore
SriLankan AirlinesColombo, Singapore
Thai AirAsiaBangkok-Suvarnabhumi
Thai Airways InternationalBangkok-Suvarnabhumi
Tiger AirwaysSingapore
United AirwaysDhaka
Uzbekistan AirwaysTashkent
Vietnam AirlinesHanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
Xiamen AirlinesFuzhou, Xiamen
YemeniaDubai, Jakarta, Sana'a

Airlines Destinations
3rdcoltitle=Terminal
CargoluxBaku, Chennai, Luxembourg, Singapore
China Airlines CargoPenang, Taipei-Taoyuan
China Cargo AirlinesShanghai-Pudong
Coyne Airways
DHL
EVA AirEva Air Cargo
FedEx ExpressAnchorage, Cebu, Los Angeles, Penang, Singapore, Subic Bay, Tokyo-Narita
Gading SariJakarta-Halim
Indian AirlinesIndian Airlines Cargo
Japan Airlines CargoSingapore, Tokyo-Narita, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Manila[http://www.jal.co.jp/en/jalcargo/inter/time.html JAL Cargo Schedule]
Korean Air CargoSeoul-Incheon
Lufthansa CargoBangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chennai, Frankfurt
MASkargoAmsterdam, Basel, Beijing, Dubai, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Milan-Malpensa, Shanghai-Pudong, Sydney, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tashkent,[http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BT/Thursday/Nation/mkago.xml/Article/ MasKargo Tashkent] Tokyo-Narita[http://www.airlineroutemaps.com/East_Asia/MASKargo_Malaysia_Airlines.shtml MASKargo Route Map]
Nippon Cargo AirlinesOsaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita
Republic ExpressJakarta Soekarno-Hatta
Singapore Airlines CargoSingapore
TNT Airways
Transmile Air ServicesAnchorage, Bangalore, Chennai, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Luik, Malmo, Manila, Medan, Mumbai, Nagoya, Osaka-Kansai, Penang, Riverside, Shanghai, Shenzen, Singapore, Tokyo-Narita, Taipei-Taoyuan[http://www.cargonewsasia.com/secured/article.aspx?id=15&article=14478 Fifth freedoms throw open cargo doors][http://www.transmile.com/index.asp?im=routes_page Transmile Routes]
Tri-MG Intra Asia AirlinesJakarta-Soekarno-Hatta
UPS AirlinesAnchorage, Cologne/Bonn, Dubai, Penang, Singapore

Airport Runways
DirectionLength ft(m)Surface
14L/32R13,530 (4,124)Concrete
14R/32L13,288 (4,056)Concrete

Passenger terminal buildings
Totals (current) (After LCCT Relocation)
Floor area 514,694 m2 Unknown m2
Handling capacity 40 million passengers 55 million passengers
Parking bays 46 (aerobridge)
68 (contact)
21 (remote)		 LCCT Relocation Plan yet to be unveiled
Main Terminal Building 1 & Contact Pier
Opened 27 June 1998 (operational)
Floor area 336,000 m2
Handling capacity 5 million passengers per annum
Parking bays 20 (aerobridge)
23 (remote)
Satellite Terminal A
Opened 27 June 1998 (operational)
Floor area 143,404 m2
Handling capacity 20 million passengers per annum
Parking bays 26 (aerobridge)
15 (remote)
Low Cost Carrier Terminal
Opened 23 March 2006 (operational)
Floor area 35,290 m2
Handling capacity 15 million
Parking bays 30
New Low Cost Carrier Terminal
Opened Under Planning
Floor area Under Planning
Handling capacity 30 million
Parking bays Under Planning
Bunga Raya Complex
Opened 27 June 1998 (official)
Floor area
Handling capacity
Parking bays 1

Plans :

Plans :
Phase Year Description
Phase 1 1998 Initial Capacity of 25 million Passenger Per Annum
2006 Capable of Handling 35 million Passengers per annum with the construction of Low Cost Carrier Terminal
Phase 2 2008 Expansion of Low Cost Carrier Terminal to accommodate 40 Million Passengers per annum.
Phase 3 2012 New Low Cost Carrier Terminal will be constructed to accommodate additional 30 million (55 million) passengers Per Annum, Current Low Cost Carrier Terminal converted to cargo usage.
Not fixed Satellite Terminal B will be constructed to handle maximum of 75 million passengers. (One terminal accompanied by 2 satellite terminal and one low cost carrier terminal)
Phase 4 Not fixed Terminal 2 and Satellite Terminal C will be constructed so that the airport is capable to handle 120 million passengers.

Low cost carrier terminal extension and new LCCT :
Operational Statistics
Year Passenger
movements		 Airfreight
movements
(tonnes)		 Aircraft
movements
1998 6,524,405 156,641 64,123
1999 13,172,635 417,068 116,589
2000 14,732,876 510,594 109,925
2001 14,538,831 440,864 113,590
2002 16,398,230 527,124 127,952
2003 17,454,564 586,195 139,590
2004 21,058,572 651,747 164,483
2005 23,213,926 653,654 182,537
2006 24,570,385 677,446 183,869
2007 26,938,970 649,197 193,982
2008 27,529,355 649,076 209,681
2009 29,682,093 584,559 225,251

MSC Malaysia

MSC CentreCyberjaya
MSC AreaKlang Valley
MSC Major LandmarksPetronas Twin Towers * Kuala Lumpur Tower * Kuala Lumpur Sentral * Technology Park Malaysia * Putrajaya * Cyberjaya * Kuala Lumpur International Airport * SUNTECH Tower
MSC InfrastructureExpress Rail Link * Maju Expressway (MEX) (KL-KLIA Dedicated Expressway) * Total Airport Management Systems
MSC Prime Applicationse-Government * MyKad
MSC Status companiesAsia Media * Astro All Asia Networks (Astro)

Airports in Malaysia

West MalaysiaAlor Setar (AOR) * Ipoh (IPH) * Johor Bahru (JHB) * Kota Bharu (KBR) * Kerteh (KTE) * Kuantan (KUA) * Kuala Lumpur (KUL) * Kuala Terengganu (TGG) * Langkawi (LGK) * Malacca (MKZ) * Penang (PEN) * Pangkor (PKG) * Redang (RDN) * Subang (SZB) * Tioman (TOD)
East MalaysiaBa'kelalan (BKM) * Bario (BBN) * Bintulu (BTU) * Kota Kinabalu (BKI) * Kuching (KCH) * Kudat (KUD) * Labuan (LBU) * Lahad Datu (LDU) * Lawas (LWY) * Limbang (LMN) * Long Akah (LKH) * Long Banga (LBP) * Long Lellang (LGL) * Long Seridan (ODN) * Marudi (MUR) * Miri (MYY) * Mukah (MKM) * Mulu (MZV) * Sandakan (SDK) * Sibu (SBW) * Tanjung Manis (WBGT) * Tawau (TWU)



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