Kuala Lumpur International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Khazanah Nasional | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Malaysia Airports | ||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Greater Kuala Lumpur | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 27 June 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 21 m / 70 ft | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 02°44′36″N 101°41′53″E / 2.74333°N 101.69806°E | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | airports | ||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 吉隆坡國際機場 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 吉隆坡国际机场 | ||||||||
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Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) (IATA: KUL, ICAO: WMKK) is the main international airport serving Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. It is located in the Sepang District of Selangor, approximately 45 km (28 mi) south of downtown Kuala Lumpur and serves the city's greater conurbation.
KLIA is the largest and busiest airport in Malaysia and is recognised as a megahub. In 2023, it handled 47.2 million passengers, 980,040 tonnes of cargo and 819,026 aircraft movements, ranking as the 35th-busiest airport by total passenger traffic. As of 2024, KLIA has become the second most connected airport globally, following London Heathrow and preceding Tokyo Haneda in terms of international connectivity.[2]
The airport is operated by Malaysia Airports (MAHB) Sepang Sdn Bhd and is the major hub of Malaysia Airlines, MASkargo, Batik Air Malaysia, UPS Airlines and World Cargo Airlines, and the major operating base of AirAsia and AirAsia X.