Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport

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	Pahang, Malaysia
Location	Kuantan, Pahang, West Malaysia
Time zone	MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	58 ft / 18 m
Coordinates
Map
WMKD Location in West Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 2,804 9,199 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passenger 314,130 ( 1.0%) Airfreight (tonnes) 46 ( 46.9%) Aircraft movements 3,911 ( 6.8%)
Source: official web site AIP Malaysia

Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport (IATA: KUA, ICAO: WMKD) is an airport that serves Kuantan, a city in the state of Pahang in 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. 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 plane to the arrival hall.

It also houses the 6 Squadron (BAE Hawk) and 19 Squadron (MiG-29) of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Firefly	Penang, Singapore
Malaysia Airlines	Kuala Lumpur–International

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		64		4,054
2004	349,375	0.5	64		4,088	0.8
2005	298,184	14.6	75	17.2	3,757	8.1
2006	273,005	8.4	109	45.3	2,973	20.9
2007	262,486	3.8	103	5.5	3,487	17.3
2008	259,529	1.1	70	32.0	3,551	1.8
2009	226,912	12.6	70		3,110	12.4
2010	220,878	2.7	49	30.0	2,802	9.9
2011	248,846	12.7	38	22.4	3,452	23.2
2012	280,074	12.5	57	50.5	3,613	4.7
2013	317,440	13.3	86	51.2	3,663	1.4
2014	314,130	1.0	46	46.9	3,911	6.8

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 is not air conditioned.

Gallery

A car park view of Kuantan Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport.

See also

• Royal Malaysian Air Force#Airbases
• Far East Air Force (Royal Air Force)
• List of former Royal Air Force stations within Malaysia

External links

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