KLIA control tower and Main Terminal Building, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur International Airport is the 13th busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic.

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.

Passenger traffic

Shopping area in Terminal 2, Kota Kinabalu International Airport
Kota Kinabalu International Airport is the country's second busiest airport and East Malaysia's most important air hub.
Penang International Airport check-in counters
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]

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Annual passenger traffic at KUL BKI PEN KCH JHB LGK SZB MYY KBR TWU airports. See Wikidata query.
# Airport name State City served IATA ICAO 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
1 Kuala Lumpur International Airport Selangor Greater Kuala Lumpur KUL WMKK 48,938,424 52,643,511 58,554,627 59,988,409 62,257,101 13,120,116 4,011,838
2 Kota Kinabalu International Airport Sabah Kota Kinabalu BKI WBKK 6,573,461 7,263,339 8,006,446 8,622,488 9,443,275 2,300,884 1,123,575
3 Kuching International Airport Sarawak Kuching KCH WBGG 4,772,453 4,919,677 5,095,193 5,564,722 5,947,478 1,778,519 840,553
4 Langkawi International Airport Kedah Langkawi LGK WMKL 2,336,177 2,665,271 2,767,707 2,735,703 2,945,963 966,789 762,142
5 Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur SZB WMSA 3,059,144 2,834,384 2,880,586 1,964,059 2,259,587 949,508 577,984
6 Penang International Airport Penang George Town PEN WMKP 6,258,756 6,684,026 7,232,097 7,790,423 8,316,050 1,814,266 543,519
7 Miri Airport Sarawak Miri MYY WBGR 2,249,206 2,200,546 2,188,048 2,350,700 2,435,493 874,661 509,367
8 Sultan Ismail Petra Airport Kelantan Kota Bharu KBR WMKC 2,063,747 2,062,248 1,988,212 1,688,625 1,789,516 711,285 501,930
9 Tawau Airport Sabah Tawau TWU WBKW 1,203, 792 1,271,915 1,470,560 1,642,171 1,832,368 571,800 415,977
10 Senai International Airport Johor Johor Bahru JHB WMKJ 2,581,966 2,828,074 3,124,799 3,522,576 4,270,144 1,096,330 371,154
11 Sandakan Airport Sabah Sandakan SDK WMKS 853,411 882,811 895,256 950,861 1,083,090 361,955 245,244
12 Sibu Airport Sarawak Sibu SBW WBGS 1,454,360 1,469,341 1,497,412 1,579,528 1,750,876 569,625 243,350
13 Bintulu Airport Sarawak Bintulu BTU WBGB 800,008 805,206 850,412 923,033 1,114,326 369,802 166,236
14 Sultan Abdul Halim Airport Kedah Alor Setar AOR WMKA 719,029 787,706 802,304 817,253 919,887 275,742 165,678
15 Sultan Mahmud Airport Terengganu Kuala Terengganu TGG WMKN 857,239 900,218 943,660 894,737 910,801 300,945 165,649

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)
1 Kuala Lumpur International Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur KUL WMKK 673,107 680,983
2 Penang International Airport Penang George Town PEN WMKP 123,246 153,703
3 Subang Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur SZB WMSA 22,680 26,443
4 Kuching International Airport Sarawak Kuching KCH WBGG 15,810 21,993
5 Kota Kinabalu International Airport Sabah Kota Kinabalu BKI WBKK 23,563 21,922
6 Miri Airport Sarawak Miri MYY WBGR 9,879 9,800
7 Labuan Airport Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan LBU WBKL 6,071 9,329
8 Senai International Airport Johor Johor Bahru JHB WMKJ 3,149 3,443
9 Sandakan Airport Sabah Sandakan SDK WBKS 2,479 2,894
10 Tawau Airport Sabah Tawau TWU WBKW 2,489 2,844

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).[3]

# Airport name State City served IATA ICAO 2012 2013 2014
1 Kuala Lumpur International Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur KUL WMKK 282,290 325,537 339,650
2 Kota Kinabalu International Airport Sabah Kota Kinabalu BKI WBKK 58,366 67,601 68,776
3 Penang International Airport Penang George Town PEN WMKP 49,966 56,760 63,396
4 Kuching International Airport Sarawak Kuching KCH WBGG 43,981 53,095 50,917
5 Subang Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur SZB WMSA 33,224 41,707 56,629
6 Miri Airport Sarawak Miri MYY WBGR 42,351 44,875 46,504
7 Sultan Ismail Petra Airport Kelantan Kota Bharu KBR WMKC 17,112 20,527 25,028
8 Langkawi International Airport Kedah Langkawi LGK WMKL 15,162 17,675 21,722
9 Sibu Airport Sarawak Sibu SBW WBGS 15,923 17,196 17,878
10 Labuan Airport Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan LBU WBKL 13,448 15,072 15,533

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).[4] This may include commercial, private, training and military aircraft.

# Airport name State City served IATA ICAO 2011 2012 2013
1 Kuala Lumpur International Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur KUL WMKK 269,509 283,352 326,678
2 Subang Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur SZB WMSA 68,135 74,008 80,047
3 Kota Kinabalu International Airport Sabah Kota Kinabalu BKI WBKK 59,638 58,366 67,601
4 Penang International Airport Penang George Town PEN WMKP 54,713 53,766 60,020
5 Kuching International Airport Sarawak Kuching KCH WBGG 53,154 46,727 56,085
6 Sultan Ismail Petra Airport Kelantan Kota Bharu KBR WMKC 64,114 50,991 50,406
7 Miri Airport Sarawak Miri MYY WBGR 43,707 45,127 47,585
8 Senai International Airport Johor Johor Bahru JHB WMKJ TBC 12,639 37,908
9 Malacca International Airport Malacca Malacca City MKZ WMKM 53,702 48,881 36,978
10 Langkawi International Airport Kedah Langkawi LGK WMKL 31,482 33,056 29,309

Busiest air routes

See also: World's busiest passenger air routes

As of 2023, the busiest domestic route in Malaysia is the Kuala Lumpur - Kota Kinabalu - Kuala Lumpur sector, with over 160 flights weekly. The busiest international route from Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur - Singapore - Kuala Lumpur sector with over 255 flights weekly. In addition, the busiest non-Kuala Lumpur based domestic route is Kota Kinabalu - Tawau - Kota Kinabalu sector with more than 50 flights weekly.

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. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.

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