Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport (IATA: KUA, ICAO: WMKD) is an airport that serves Kuantan, a city in the state of Pahang, 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.[3] 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 aircraft to the arrival hall.

Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ahmad Shah
IATA: KUA ICAO: WMKD
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Owner	Government of Malaysia
Operator	Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves	Kuantan
Location	Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Time zone	MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	55 ft / 17 m
Coordinates	03°46′11″N 103°12′34″E
Maps
Pahang state in Malaysia
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 2,804 9,199 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passenger 71,877 ( 84.3%) Airfreight (tonnes) 3.0 ( 7.9%) Aircraft movements 1,117 ( 72.6%)
[1] AIP Malaysia[2]

Co-located with the airport is RMAF Kuantan, housing 15 Squadron (BAE Hawk) and 17 Squadron (MiG-29) of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

Airlines and destinations

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
2015	292,109	7.0	21	55.2	4,174	6.7
2016	247,757	15.2	15	27.3	3,493	16.3
2017	241,314	2.6	25	65.3	2,893	17.2
2018	258,816	7.3	13	47.4	3,013	4.1
2019	394,599	52.5	2.8	78.4	4,082	35.5
2020	71,877	84.3	3.0	7.9	1,117	72.6
Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[5]

Busiest flights out of Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport by frequency

Rank	Destinations	Frequency (weekly)	Airlines	Note
1	Kuala Lumpur	3	MH

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 are not air conditioned.

See also

• List of airports in Malaysia

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport.

• 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

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