Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Kuala Lumpur International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur | |||||||||||||||||||
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Aerial view of Kuala Lumpur International Airport | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 | malaysiaairports | ||||||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of Kuala Lumpur International Airport | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sources: MAHB CAPA | |||||||||||||||||||
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) (IATA: KUL, ICAO: WMKK) is the main international airport of Malaysia. Despite its name, it is not located within Kuala Lumpur, but rather in the Sepang District of Selangor, approximately 45 km (28 mi) south of the city, serving its greater conurbation. KLIA is the largest and busiest airport in the country and a mega-hub for Peninsular Malaysia. In 2024, it handled 57.08 million passengers, 794,943 tonnes of cargo, and 819,026 aircraft movements, ranking as the 26th-busiest airport by total passenger traffic.
AirAsia is the dominant air carrier in Malaysia, based in KLIA and serving 14,583 low-cost connections, with a 34% share of flights, followed by Malaysia Airlines. 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 operating base for AirAsia and AirAsia X.
In 2024, KLIA is the ranked first by OAG (by ratio of connection flight frequency to destinations served) in the Global Low-Cost Megahubs index by with 11,188 possible low-cost connections across over 137 destinations. OAG also ranked KLIA is the world's second most connected airport (by ratio of connection flight frequency to destinations served) in 2024, with 33,411 possible connections, according to the OAG Megahub Index, second to London–Heathrow and followed by Tokyo–Haneda, Amsterdam and Seoul–Incheon in the top five.