Kuala Lumpur Airport Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah
| Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | WMSA |
| IATA code | SZB |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 27 m (89 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 17 km west of Kuala Lumpur |
| Street | Highway |
| Local transport | buses |
| Basic data | |
| opening | August 30, 1965 |
| operator | Malaysian government |
| surface | approx. 500 ha |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 83,602 (2005) |
| Air freight | 53,053 t (2005) |
| Flight movements |
29,668 (2005) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 15/33 | 3780 m × 60 m asphalt |
The Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport , formerly known as Subang Airport called, is an airport in Kuala Lumpur , capital of Malaysia . It served the capital as a hub from August 30, 1965 , until the much larger, new Kuala Lumpur International Airport , located about 40 km further south in Sepang , began operations on June 27, 1998 .
Today the airfield is primarily used for general aviation , i.e. business aircraft . Only Berjaya Air , Malindo Air and Firefly offer scheduled flights.
history
The airport was opened on August 30, 1965. At the time, it had the longest runway in Southeast Asia . Three passenger handling buildings ( Terminals 1, 2, 3 ) have been on the airport site east of Kuala Lumpur since the 1990s. Terminal 1 is used to handle international flights. Passengers on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore shuttle use Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 is used for handling domestic flights. In the last years of its operation, the passenger buildings suffered from two major fires , which affected the buildings and resulted in flights being outsourced to other airports. In the last full year of operation, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport counted 15.8 million passengers.
The Malaysian low-cost airline Air Asia , the very first in Asia , had considered developing the airport in Subang into a hub for low-cost airlines in 2004 . However, this was rejected by the residents concerned. The government's current plans include the construction of a new conference center on the airport grounds.
A local scheduled airline is Berjaya Air , which mainly flies to tourist destinations with turboprop aircraft. Furthermore, only Malindo Air and Firefly offer scheduled flights. There are also several charter airlines and flight schools at the airport.
Airport grounds
The airport area extends to about 500 hectares in a north-south direction, along the only runway. In the south, residential areas border the city of Shah Alam , in the north the city of Kepong Cubitt Forrest Village and in the east the city of Subang .
Most of the airport facilities are located to the east of the runway and the taxiway that runs parallel to it . There are ten taxiways to and from the runway . All former passenger buildings are located east of the runway and in the southern area of the airport site. Only Terminal 3 , the domestic handling building, is partially in operation and handles around 80,000 passengers a year. The southernmost terminal building, the former international terminal, including the apron, was demolished. The southern part of the airport area is three kilometers wide. There are military facilities on the western side and hangars on the eastern edge of the national airline Malaysia Airlines , which wants to gradually replace these hangars with new facilities at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang. The main access road, coming from the southeast, nestles against the airport grounds and passes under an aircraft bridge that leads into the eastern part of the site.
Terminal 3, which is still in operation today, is located halfway along the airport area, east of the runways . It consists of two buildings where check-in counters and baggage claim are located. The second is surrounded by apron area and houses the gates.
Incidents
- On September 27, 1977, the Douglas DC-8-62 ( aircraft registration JA8051 ) of Japan Airlines flew 6.5 km from the runway into a low hill. Of the 79 people on board, 34 died.
- On February 19, 1989, a Boeing 747-249F on Flying Tigers Flight 66 (N807FT) fell below the safety altitude after an incorrectly understood clearance . The cargo plane collided with a hill on approach to runway 33. The four relatively elderly crew members were killed.
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c ACI ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2002) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Accident report DC-8-62 JA8051 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 16, 2016.
- ↑ accident report B-747-200F N807FT , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 1 2018th
