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.

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]

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	2022	2023
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	25,399,296	47,224,000
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	5,022,756	7,035,170
3	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	4,275,123	6,781,059
4	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	4,340,070	5,327,787
5	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	2,216,136	3,010,018
6	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	2,240,416	2,501,717
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	1,775,238	2,195,063
8	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	1,377,644	1,710,472
9	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	1,384,903	1,581,759
10	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	1,233,824	1,548,423
11	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	1,547,253	1,376,030
12	Sandakan Airport	Sabah	Sandakan	SDK	WMKS	853,411	882,811	895,256	950,861	1,083,090	361,955	245,244	793,536
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

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

^ 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
^ "2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
^ "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.
^ "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.

External links

[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.

[2013STAT-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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