Sultan Ismail Petra Airport
Sultan Ismail Petra Airport Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ismail Petra | |||||||||||
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Sultan Ismail Petra Airport before expansion | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Malaysia Airports | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kota Bharu, Kelantan and Besut, Terengganu | ||||||||||
| Location | Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan, Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 16 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 6°10′02″N 102°17′32″E / 6.1672560°N 102.2922092°E | ||||||||||
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KBR /WMKC Location on the east coast of Malaysia KBR /WMKC KBR /WMKC (Peninsular Malaysia) KBR /WMKC KBR /WMKC (Malaysia) KBR /WMKC KBR /WMKC (Southeast Asia) KBR /WMKC KBR /WMKC (Asia) | |||||||||||
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| Sources: official website AIP Malaysia | |||||||||||
Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (IATA: KBR, ICAO: WMKC) is an airport that operates in Kota Bharu, a city in the state of Kelantan in Malaysia. The airport is named after Ismail Petra of Kelantan, the 28th Sultan of Kelantan, who ruled from 1979 to 2010. It is currently undergoing expansion through multiple phases to be an international airport, with phase 1 being completed and opened on 1 May 2024.
It is the second oldest airport in Peninsular Malaysia and the busiest airport on the East Coast.