Penang airport
| Bayan Lepas International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Pinang |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | WMKP |
| IATA code | PEN |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 3 m (10 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 16 km south of George Town (Penang) |
| Street | Highway |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 3,103,762 (2006) |
| Air freight | 225,957 t (2006) |
| Flight movements |
37,470 (2006) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 04/22 | 3352 m × 46 m asphalt |
The Bayan Lepas International Airport , also known as Penang International Airport , is the international airport of the island of Penang , one of the main attractions for tourists in Malaysia is. The airport is located on the south-eastern edge of the island and is equipped with an intercontinental runway approximately 3.5 km in length.
In addition to the passenger airlines , several international cargo airlines , including the German Lufthansa Cargo , also head for Penang Airport.
Up to twelve aircraft can park on the main apron at the same time. The modern terminal building consists of a central building for the processing of check-in and baggage claim and a pier building in front, which is equipped with eight passenger boarding bridges .
The former short runway was converted into a taxiway for the newly built runway when the airport was last expanded .
In 2000, a new cargo handling building was opened in order to cope with the continuously increasing freight volume for more than six years, with a capacity of 360,000 tons per year.
Incidents
- On October 6, 1946, a transport aircraft of the type crashed Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force ( Air vehicle registration MW125 ) about 160 kilometers west of the destination airport Penang into the sea. The plane came from Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport . All 21 occupants, 6 crew members and 15 passengers were killed.
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport operator website
- AZ World Airports with detailed data and traffic figures from the last few years
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website of the airport operator
- ↑ a b c ACI ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ azworldairports.com: Penang International Airport (PEN / WMKP)
- ↑ accident report Avro York MW125 , Aviation Safety Network (English) retrieved on October 27 of 2019.
