Kuching International Airport
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Kuching International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching |
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kuching Division, Samarahan Division & Serian Division, Sarawak, Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Location | Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia | ||||||||||
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AirAsia Malaysia Airlines MASwings |
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| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 89 ft / 27 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 01°29′13.5″N 110°20′30.9″E / 1.487083°N 110.341917°ECoordinates: 01°29′13.5″N 110°20′30.9″E / 1.487083°N 110.341917°E | ||||||||||
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Source: official web site
AIP Malaysia |
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| Passenger | 4,772,453 ( 1.7%) |
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| Airfreight (tonnes) | 29,362 ( 4.7%) |
| Aircraft movements | 53,303 ( 0.3%) |
Kuching International Airport (Initialised: 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) south of Kuching city centre. The airport also shares its runway with the RMAF Kuching Airbase, home to the No. 7 Squadron RMAF.
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 2010, KIA handled 3,684,000 passengers with a corresponding volume of 46,382 flights. In the same year, 26,977 metric tonnes of cargo were handled through this facility.
KIA is the secondary hub for Malaysia Airlines and has been growing rapidly to tackle the demand of the travellers in the East Malaysia region.
An airstrip in Kuching was first constructed at 7th Mile (Bukit Stabar) in 1938, measuring 700 yards (640 m) long by 300 yards (270 m) wide. An airport terminal building was later completed and opened for use on 26 September 1950. The airport consisted of a small "L" shaped single storey passenger terminal, a small cargo facility, and an airport fire station. Air Traffic Control Tower, Meteorological Service and Maintenance building were clustered in one area, a small apron of 4 parking bays and a single runway which was 1372 metres long and 46 metres wide. Navigational (Directional Finding Equipment) and Radio Aids were installed at the airport.
Kuching International Airport then became the gateway to Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo (Sabah as it is called today) with the introduction of once weekly Douglas Dakota twin-engined piston aircraft services originating from Singapore. By the end of 1954, scheduled air services into Kuching International Airport grew by leaps and bounds. This was depicted in the 1954 statistics which recorded 1550 aircraft movements, 13,564 passengers, 95,911 kilogrammes of cargo and 25,984 mails. In 1959, the runway was extended to 1555 metres in length to make way for Vickers Viscount turboprop aircraft operations.
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