Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerKhazanah Nasional
OperatorMalaysia Airports
ServesKlang Valley; Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Malacca
LocationSepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Opened27 June 1998 (1998-06-27)
Hub for
Operating base for
Time zoneMST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL21 m / 70 ft
Coordinates02°44′36″N 101°41′53″E / 2.74333°N 101.69806°E / 2.74333; 101.69806
Websitewww.klia.com.my
Maps
KUL/WMKK is located in Selangor
KUL/WMKK
KUL/WMKK
Location in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
KUL/WMKK is located in Malaysia
KUL/WMKK
KUL/WMKK
KUL/WMKK (Malaysia)
KUL/WMKK is located in Southeast Asia
KUL/WMKK
KUL/WMKK
KUL/WMKK (Southeast Asia)
KUL/WMKK is located in Asia
KUL/WMKK
KUL/WMKK
KUL/WMKK (Asia)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14L/32R 4,124 13,530 Asphalt concrete
14R/32L 4,000 13,123 Asphalt concrete
15/33 3,960 12,992 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passenger47,224,000 (Increase85.9%)
Domestic Passengers14,664,000 (Increase31.8%)
International Passengers32,560,000 (Increase128.1%)
Aircraft movements319,026 (Increase 60.9%)
Airfreight (tonnes)660,040 (Increase 30.7%)(2022)
Sources: MAHB[1]

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) (IATA: KUL, ICAO: WMKK) is Malaysia's main international airport. It is located in the Sepang District of Selangor, approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of Kuala Lumpur and serves the city's greater conurbation.

KLIA is the largest and busiest airport in Malaysia. In 2020, it handled 13,156,363 passengers, 505,184 tonnes of cargo and 124,529 aircraft movements. It is the world's 23rd-busiest airport by total passenger traffic.

The airport is operated by Malaysia Airports (MAHB) Sepang Sdn Bhd and is the major hub of Malaysia Airlines, MASkargo, Batik Air Malaysia, UPS Airlines and World Cargo Airlines, and the major operating base of AirAsia and AirAsia X.

  1. ^ Traffic Snapshot listedcompany.com December 2022