List of the busiest airports in Malaysia

The busiest airports in Malaysia are measured according to data presented by Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.[1] Among all top 20 busiest airports, the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is the only airport which can land the A380. KLIA also has the longest runway in Malaysia, with 1 4,124 and 2 4,000 m runways.

Kuala Lumpur International Airport is the 13th busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic.

Passenger traffic
Kota Kinabalu International Airport is the country's second busiest airport and East Malaysia's most important air hub.
The Penang International Airport, currently Malaysia's third busiest airport, serves the city of George Town.
Kuching International Airport at night

A passenger is described as a person who departs, arrives or passes in condition of transit through any airport located between the borders of Malaysia at any point of time during a year. The data presented here includes the total number of departure, arrival and transit passengers for the years selected, and for both domestic and international flights arriving in scheduled and non-scheduled services.[2]

# Airport name State City served IATA ICAO 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
1Kuala Lumpur International AirportSelangorGreater Kuala LumpurKULWMKK37,704,51039,887,86647,498,15748,930,40948,938,42452,643,51158,554,62759,988,40962,257,101
2Kota Kinabalu International AirportSabahKota KinabaluBKIWBKK5,808,6395,848,1356, 935,7976,792,9686,573,4617,263,3398,006,4468,622,4889,443,275
3Penang International AirportPenangGeorge TownPENWMKP4,600, 2744,767,8155,487,7516,041,5836,258,7566,684,0267,232,0977,790,4238,316,050
4Kuching International AirportSarawakKuchingKCHWBGG4,286,7224,186,5234,871,0364,852,8224,772,4534,919,6775,095,1935,564,7225,947,478
5Senai International Airport [3]JohorJohor BahruJHBWMKJ1,338,0001,380,0001,989,9792,325, 8162,581,9662,828,0743,124,7993,522,5764,270,144
6Langkawi International AirportKedahLangkawiLGKWMKL1,504,6971,594,1061,946,4402,221,9972,336,1772,665,2712,767,7072,735,7032,945,963
7Miri AirportSarawakMiriMYYWBGR1,856,6262,018,4152,223,1722,363,0802,249,2062,200,5462,188,0482,350,7002,435,493
8Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah AirportSelangorKuala LumpurSZBWMSA1,320,2271,442,5141,859,0202,762,5563,059,1442,834,3842,880,5861,964,0592,259,587
9Tawau AirportSabahTawauTWUWBKW922,452982, 1531,202,3441,218,6161,203, 7921,271,9151,470,5601,642,1711,832,368
10Sultan Ismail Petra AirportKelantanKota BharuKBRWMKC1,132,3451,259,2051,585,2381,800, 8362,063,7472,062,2481,988,2121,688,6251,789,516
11Sibu AirportSarawakSibuSBWWBGS1,133,0931,204,2671,383,8871,440,9351,454,3601,469,3411,497,4121,579,5281,750,876
12Bintulu AirportSarawakBintuluBTUWBGB590,253661,553779,774832,440800,008805,206850,412923,0331,114,326
13Sandakan AirportSabahSandakanSDKWMKS788,515834,626911,855900, 016853,411882,811895,256950,8611,083,090
14Sultan Abdul Halim AirportKedahAlor SetarAORWMKA407,717433,644535,073660,264719,029787,706802,304817,253919,887
15Sultan Mahmud AirportTerengganuKuala TerengganuTGGWMKN502,966550,966699,310842,651857,239900,218943,660894,737910,801

Cargo traffic

The following is a list of 10 busiest airports in Malaysia in terms of cargo handling traffic. The cargo numbers are in metric tonnes.

# Airport name State City served IATA ICAO 2012 (tonnes) 2013 (tonnes)
1Kuala Lumpur International AirportSelangorKuala LumpurKULWMKK673,107680,983
2Penang International AirportPenangGeorge TownPENWMKP123,246153,703
3Subang AirportSelangorKuala LumpurSZBWMSA22,68026,443
4Kuching International AirportSarawakKuchingKCHWBGG15,81021,993
5Kota Kinabalu International AirportSabahKota KinabaluBKIWBKK23,56321,922
6Miri AirportSarawakMiriMYYWBGR9,8799,800
7Labuan AirportWilayah PersekutuanLabuanLBUWBGB6,0719,329
8Senai International AirportJohorJohor BahruJHBWMKJ3,1493,443
9Sandakan AirportSabahSandakanSDKWBKS2,4792,894
10Tawau AirportSabahTawauTWUWBKW2,4892,844

Aircraft movements

Commercial aircraft movements

The following is a list of the 10 busiest airports in Malaysia in terms of number of commercial aircraft movements (take-off and landing).[4]

# Airport name State City served IATA ICAO 2012 2013 2014
1Kuala Lumpur International AirportSelangorKuala LumpurKULWMKK282,290325,537339,650
2Kota Kinabalu International AirportSabahKota KinabaluBKIWBKK58,36667,60168,776
3Penang International AirportPenangGeorge TownPENWMKP49,96656,76063,396
4Kuching International AirportSarawakKuchingKCHWBGG43,98153,09550,917
5Subang AirportSelangorKuala LumpurSZBWMSA33,22441,70756,629
6Miri AirportSarawakMiriMYYWBGR42,35144,87546,504
7Sultan Ismail Petra AirportKelantanKota BharuKBRWMKC17,11220,52725,028
8Langkawi International AirportKedahLangkawiLGKWMKL15,16217,67521,722
9Sibu AirportSarawakSibuSBWWBGS15,92317,19617,878
10Labuan AirportWilayah PersekutuanLabuanLBUWBGB13,44815,07215,533

Total aircraft movements

The following is a list of the 10 busiest airports in Malaysia in terms of total aircraft movements (take-off and landing).[5] This may include commercial, private, training and military aircraft.

# Airport name State City served IATA ICAO 2011 2012 2013
1Kuala Lumpur International AirportSelangorKuala LumpurKULWMKK269,509283,352326,678
2Subang AirportSelangorKuala LumpurSZBWMSA68,13574,00880,047
3Kota Kinabalu International AirportSabahKota KinabaluBKIWBKK59,63858,36667,601
4Penang International AirportPenangGeorge TownPENWMKP54,71353,76660,020
5Kuching International AirportSarawakKuchingKCHWBGG53,15446,72756,085
6Sultan Ismail Petra AirportKelantanKota BharuKBRWMKC64,11450,99150,406
7Miri AirportSarawakMiriMYYWBGR43,70745,12747,585
8Senai International AirportJohorJohor BahruJHBWMKJTBC12,63937,908
9Malacca International AirportMalaccaMalacca CityMKZWMKM53,70248,88136,978
10Langkawi International AirportKedahLangkawiLGKWMKL31,48233,05629,309

Busiest air routes
See also: World's busiest passenger air routes

The busiest air route between two airports within Malaysia is the Kuala Lumpur - Kota Kinabalu sector. This sector is also the 45th busiest air route in the world for the period of August to September 2011.[6] The second busiest route is the Kuala Lumpur - Kuching sector.[6]

References
  1. Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. Archived 2013-04-20 at the Wayback Machine Information for domestic and international airports presented individually in the section MAHB Airports Archived 2017-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  3. "Statistic:Aviation". Ministry of Transport. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  4. "Malaysia Airports 2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. pp. 331/422. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  5. "Malaysia Airports 2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. pp. 333/422. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  6. "The world's top ten routes are in Asia Pacific". CAPA - Centre for Aviation. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
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