Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (IATA: AOR, ICAO: WMKA) is an airport in Kepala Batas, Kedah, Malaysia. It serves the city of Alor Setar and the 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 utilise the Penang International Airport as the main gateway).
Sultan Abdul Halim Airport Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Halim | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Khazanah Nasional Berhad | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Alor Setar | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
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  WMKA Location in West Malaysia | |||||||||||
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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 second 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 edit
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| AirAsia | Johor Bahru,[3][4][5] Kuala Lumpur–International |
| Firefly | Kuala Lumpur–Subang |
| Malaysia Airlines | Kuala Lumpur–International |
Traffic and statistics edit
| Year | Passengers handled[a] |
Passenger % Change |
Cargo (tonnes)[b] |
Cargo % Change |
Aircraft movements |
Aircraft % Change |
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| 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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| 2019 | 919,875 | 12.6 |
1,009 | 19.3 |
42,264 | 6.1
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| 2020 | 275,824 | 70.0 |
280 | 72.2 |
33,367 | 21.1
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| Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[6] | ||||||
| Rank | Destinations | Frequency (weekly) | Airlines | Note |
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| 1 |  Subang, Selangor
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32 | FY, OD | |
| 2 |  Kuala Lumpur
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19 | AK, MH | |
| 3 |  Johor Bahru, Johor
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4 | AK |
Transportation edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ Sultan Abdul Halim Airport at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- ^ a b WMKA - ALOR STAR/SULTAN ABDUL HALIM at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
- ^ "AirAsia to start JB-Alor Setar, JB-Ipoh flights from Oct 1". 18 July 2018.
- ^ "AirAsia adds new domestic routes from Johor Bahru from Oct 2018".
- ^ "AirAsia adds 437 extra flights for Hari Raya | New Straits Times". 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Malaysia Airports: Airports Statistics 2020" (PDF). malaysiaairports. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
