Sultan Abdul Halim Airport

Sultan Abdul Halim Airport Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Halim
IATA: AOR – ICAO: WMKA
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Owner	Government of Malaysia
Operator	Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves	Kedah, and Perlis, Malaysia
Location	Kepala Batas, 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°ECoordinates: 06°11′40″N 100°24′03″E / 6.19444°N 100.40083°E
Map
WMBT Location in West Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 2,745 9,006 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passenger 719,029 ( 8.9%) Airfreight (tonnes) 389 ( 69.0%) Aircraft movements 18,368 ( 5.8%)
Source: official web site[1] AIP Malaysia[2]

Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (IATA: AOR, ICAO: WMKA) is an airport that serves Alor Setar, a city in the state of Kedah in Malaysia.

The airport, located in Kepala Batas, is 15 km (9.3 mi)^[2] away from town, can handle up to 800,000 ppa. 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 330 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

Airlines	Destinations
AirAsia	Kuala Lumpur–International
Firefly	Kuala Lumpur–Subang
Malaysia Airlines	Kuala Lumpur–International Hajj: Jeddah, Medina
Malindo Air	Kuala Lumpur–Subang

Traffic and statistics

Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics

Year	Passengers handled	Passenger % Change	Cargo (tonnes)	Cargo % Change	Aircraft Movements	Aircraft % Change
2003	353,778		17		18,318
2004	346,502	2.0	67	294.1	14,784	19.3
2005	323,669	6.6	118	76.1	17,632	19.2
2006	292,549	9.6	111	5.9	18,495	4.9
2007	291,006	0.5	55	50.4	20,277	9.6
2008	307,564	5.7	41	25.4	17,705	12.7
2009	421,314	36.9	34	17.1	24,031	35.7
2010	400,997	4.8	34		22,187	7.7
2011	407,717	1.7	46	35.3	19,621	11.6
2012	433,644	6.4	123	167.4	18,006	8.2
2013	535,073	23.4	126	2.3	15,752	12.5
2014	660,264	23.4	230	82.4	17,365	10.2
2015	719,029	8.9	389	69.0	18,368	5.8
^Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[3]

Transportation

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.

References

1. Sultan Abdul Halim Airport at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
2. WMKA - ALOR STAR/SULTAN ABDUL HALIM at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
3. "MAHB Annual Report 2015" (PDF). Malaysia Airports. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.

External links

• Sultan Abdul Halim Airport, Alor Setar at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
• Current weather for WMKA at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for AOR at Aviation Safety Network