Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Airport in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Kuala Lumpur International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Khazanah Nasional | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Malaysia Airports | ||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Klang Valley; Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Malacca | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 27 June 1998; 25 years ago (1998-06-27) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 21 m / 70 ft | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 02°44′36″N 101°41′53″E | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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KLIA is the largest and busiest airport in Malaysia. In 2023, it handled 47,224,000 passengers, 660,040 tonnes of cargo and 319,026 aircraft movements. It is the world's 35th-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.