Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) is located in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is the main airport of Malaysia. It serves the Malaysian central peninsular region. It is mainly connected by road (Maju Expressway) and rail (KLIA Ekspres). It is near to the Sepang F1 circuit. It has the capability to handle up to 125 million passengers.
Essential information
| maklumat | keterangan |
|---|---|
| Airport name | Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur |
| Area | Sepang, Selangor (Kuala Lumpur) |
| Kod IATA | KUL |
| Kod ICAO | WMKK |
| Koordinat | |
| Elevation (AMSL) | |
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Location map
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Departures
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Arrivals
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Timeline
Initial construction stage
Numerous criticism has been received, including its location, which is almost 50km from KL City Centre. however, this can be solved by installing a 57km high speed rail network (KLIA Ekspres) to actually connect the airport and city centre.
Subang Airport replacement
It has been designated to replace Subang Airport as the main gateway into Malaysia. The airport code (KUL) are also taken from Subang Airport (now Subang Airport uses SZB as its IATA code)
LCCT
Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT), KLIA is a budget terminal located in KLIA tailored for low cost carriers in Malaysia, such as AirAsia. As the aviation industry in Malaysia grows up rapidly, AirAsia also feels the rapid spurt of growth, thanks to its ‘Now everyone can fly’ campaign.
LCCT @ Labu, Negeri Sembilan (cancelled)
Early 2009, AirAsia together with Sime Darby proposed a RM 1.6bil new LCCT at Labu, Negeri Sembilan. It is just a mere 8 km from KLIA. The government initially gave a greenlight with this plan, but it was held back a few weeks later following on complaints made by numerous parties, including our former Prime Minister and MAHB. MAHB instead told that the new LCCT is already in KLIA’s materplan, and waiting to be constructed.
The New LCCT at KLIA
The new mini budget has included a new LCCT under its proposed expenditure, which is a RM 2 bil LCCT located in KLIA’s area.
Key Features
- Estimated cost: RM 2 billion
- Completion Date: Third Quarter 2011
- Size: 150 000 sq m
- Capacity: 30 mppa, with capability of expansion up to 45 mppa
- Comfort level: 15 – 20 sq m per passenger
- Multi-story car park – 6000 parking bays
- Landside connection to KLIA main terminal building
- Aircraft parking apron with 70 bays
- New 4 km 3rd runway (after 2 existing one at KLIA)
- Full parallel taxiways for runway 2 and runway 3 for quick turnaround
- Integrated transport hub for buses and taxis
- Efficient layout of concession areas for retail and food and beverage outlets
- Transfer areas to facilitate ease of connections
The current LCCT
It is currently in use, will be converted into cargo terminal once the new LCCT operates. The current LCCT also experience overcrowding problems.
Additional resources
KLIA-East
Air Asia and Sime Darby has agreed to build a new LCCT terminal in Labu, Negeri Sembilan. The cost of the approximately RM 500 million budget terminal will be borne by private companies fully.
However, Malaysian government vetoed the decision and call to scrap the plan, justifying that the new LCCT at KLIA will be completed in 2011, which is in three years time, in line with NAMP (National Airport Master Plan)
Specifications
- Airport Code: KUL (IATA), WMKK (ICAO)
- Current capacity: 35 million passenger per annum (mppa)
- Runways: two (14L/14R and 22L/22R)
- Main terminal (s): 1
- LCC Terminal(s): 1 (temporary)
KLIA Master Plan
- 5 runways will be constructed
- 2 satellite terminals
- 3 main terminals
- 1 30 mppa budget terminal
- 125 million passenger per annum (mppa) capacity
Notes
- Airport information, departures and arrivals data are taken from the website FlightStats.com (www.flightstats.com). Information at FlightStats are being updated, real-time.
- For frequently asked questions (FAQs) please see here.
- Article source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/business/20284-construction-on-new-lcct-to-start-by-mid-2009
- Article source: http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2009&dt=0915&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Terkini&pg=bt_09.htm