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Kuching International Airport

Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching
  • IATA: KCH
  • ICAO: WBGG
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerKhazanah Nasional
OperatorMalaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
ServesKuching Metropolitan Area (also Kuching Division, Samarahan Division & Serian Division of Sarawak, Malaysia)
LocationPadawan and Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Opened26 September 1950; 73 years ago (1950-09-26)
Hub forMASwings
Focus city forFirefly
Operating base forAirAsia
Time zoneMST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL89 ft / 27 m
Coordinates01°29′13.5″N 110°20′30.9″E / 1.487083°N 110.341917°E / 1.487083; 110.341917
Map
KCH /WBGG is located in Sarawak
KCH /WBGG
KCH /WBGG
Location in Sarawak state
KCH /WBGG is located in East Malaysia
KCH /WBGG
KCH /WBGG
Location in East Malaysia
KCH /WBGG is located in Borneo
KCH /WBGG
KCH /WBGG
Location in Borneo
KCH /WBGG is located in Malaysia
KCH /WBGG
KCH /WBGG
Location in Malaysia
KCH /WBGG is located in Southeast Asia
KCH /WBGG
KCH /WBGG
Location in Southeast Asia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,780 12,402 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passenger5,564,722 (Increase 9.2%)
Airfreight (tonnes)26,819 (Increase 8.9%)
Aircraft movements56,876 (Increase 11.3%)
Source: official web site[1]
AIP Malaysia[2]

Kuching International Airport (KIA) (IATA: KCH, ICAO: WBGG) is an international airport serving the entire southwestern region of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is located 11 km (6.8 mi)[2] south of Kuching city centre. The airport is colocated with the RMAF Kuching, home to the No. 7 Squadron RMAF.[3]

The airport terminal is capable of handling five million passengers per annum and it is the fourth busiest airport in Malaysia. KIA has grown rapidly with an increasing number of passengers and aircraft movement. In 2017, KIA handled 5,095,193 passengers with a corresponding volume of 51,097 flights. In the same year, 24,620 metric tonnes of cargo were handled through this facility.

KIA is the operating base for AirAsia and has been growing rapidly to tackle the demand of the travellers in the Sarawak region.

  1. ^ [1] Archived 2018-10-10 at the Wayback Machine at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  2. ^ a b WBGG – KUCHING INTERNATIONAL at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
  3. ^ "Pangkalan Udara Kuching" [Kuching Airbase] (in Malay). Royal Malaysian Air Force. Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-09-30.

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