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Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Sepang · Malaysia · Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

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3Runways
13,530Longest (ft)
69Elevation (ft)
111Route Records
63Airline Records
UTC+8Timezone
277Mapped Stands
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Route Intelligence

56Well Connected
Shortest route
KUAKuantan Airport202 km
Malaysia Airlines
Longest route
LHRLondon Heathrow Airport10,605.3 km
Malaysia Airlines
Nearest international
PKUSultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport / Roesmin Nurjadin AFB256 km
AirAsia
Longest international
LHRLondon Heathrow Airport10,605.3 km
American Airlines
Longest domestic
SDKSandakan Airport1,846.1 km
AirAsia

Airport Connectivity Score

56/100

Well Connected

Destinations served111 destinations
Airline diversity63 airlines
Haul mix coverage4 of 4 distance categories

Calculated from destination count, airline diversity, and haul-mix coverage. More signals (customs/border access, ground handling capacity) will be added as the dataset grows.

Runways

14L/32R13,530 ftAsphalt/ConcreteLIT
14R/32L13,288 ftAsphalt/ConcreteLIT
15/3312,993 ftAsphalt/ConcreteLIT

Haul Mix

short-haul
29
medium-haul
46
long-haul
30
ultra-long-haul
6

Geographic Context

Nearest airport
SZBSultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport46.4 km
Nearest same country
SZBSultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport46.4 km
Nearest international
DUMPinang Kampai Airport130.1 km
Farthest airport
XMSCoronel E Carvajal Airport19,962 km
Within 500 km: 33 airportsWithin 1,000 km: 62 airportsWithin 2,000 km: 165 airports

10 Nearest Airports

1SZBSultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport46.4 kmL
2MKZMalacca International Airport80.5 kmM
3DUMPinang Kampai Airport130.1 kmM
4KUAKuantan Airport202 kmM
5IPHSultan Azlan Shah Airport213.9 kmL
6JHBSenai International Airport250 kmL
7PKUSultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport / Roesmin Nurjadin AFB256 kmM
8TGATengah Air Base268.5 kmM
9TODTioman Airport272.2 kmM
10KTEKerteh Airport275.7 kmM

ATC Frequencies10

A/DLUMPUR APP119.45 MHz
ATISLUMPUR ATIS FOR DEPARTURE126.45 MHz
ATISLUMPUR ATIS FOR ARRIVALS128.05 MHz
CLDLUMPUR CLNC DEL126 MHz
DEPTLUMPUR DEPARTURE135.25 MHz
GNDLUMPUR GND121.65 MHz
GNDLUMPUR GND122.275 MHz
TWRLUMPUR TWR 14R/32L118.5 MHz
TWRLUMPUR TWR 14L/32R118.8 MHz
TWRLUMPUR TWR RWY 15/33119.8 MHz

Top Aircraft Types

320
73
738
61
330
26
333
25
772
17
739
16
332
12
734
11
77W
7
737
6

Live Departures & Arrivals9

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AWQ130A3202,600 ft
HVN679A3213,775 ft
MXD182B38M9,475 ft
MAS1455B7387,125 ft
AXM885A20N6,100 ft
AXM6219A3202,600 ft
MAS2607B7387,775 ft
FFM1152AT752,125 ft
FFM1343AT757,950 ft

Source: adsb.lol — community ADS-B network. Approximate local traffic within 40nm, not a definitive schedule.

Aircraft Spotted Here

Airbus A320-216 at Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan Int'l Airport - WALLPhoto: D_grande7 via JetPhotosAirbus A321-231 at Singapore Changi Int'l Airport - WSSSPhoto: svensonliew via JetPhotosBoeing 737-8 MAX at Denpasar Bali Ngurah Rai - WADDPhoto: Vicknesh PS via JetPhotosBoeing 737-8H6 at Yogyakarta International Airport - WAHIPhoto: Yohanes Catur Kurniawan via JetPhotosAirbus A320-251N at Kunming Changshui Int'l - ZPPPPhoto: MIST via JetPhotosAirbus A320-216 at Shanghai Pudong - ZSPDPhoto: Jasonxlin via JetPhotos

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Airline Records in Dataset63

KCAir Astana
AFAir France
IXAir India Express
AIAir India Limited
JSAir Koryo
MDAir Madagascar
MKAir Mauritius
AKAirAsia
D7AirAsia X
AZAlitalia
AAAmerican Airlines
PGBangkok Airways
BGBiman Bangladesh Airlines
CXCathay Pacific
5JCebu Pacific
CIChina Airlines
MUChina Eastern Airlines
CZChina Southern Airlines
QGCitilink Indonesia
BREVA Air
MSEgyptair
EKEmirates
ETEthiopian Airlines
EYEtihad Airways
GAGaruda Indonesia
QZIndonesia AirAsia
IRIran Air
JLJapan Airlines Domestic
9WJet Airways
3KJetstar Asia Airways
KLKLM Royal Dutch Airlines
KEKorean Air
KUKuwait Airways
MJL
JTLion Mentari Airlines
LHLufthansa Cargo
W5Mahan Air
MHMalaysia Airlines
ODMalindo Air
8MMyanmar Airways International
+23 more

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Airport HistoryEst. 1998

Kuala Lumpur International Airport opened on 27 June 1998 in Sepang, replacing the increasingly congested Subang Airport as Malaysia's primary international gateway. Designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa, the terminal deliberately blends Islamic geometric motifs with the surrounding tropical rainforest, most famously through an actual forest garden enclosed within the main terminal building. The airport grew into the home hub of Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia and now ranks among the world's most-connected airports for transit traffic. A second terminal, KLIA2, opened in 2014 as one of the largest dedicated low-cost-carrier terminals in the world.

✦The original terminal contains a real tropical rainforest garden built into the building itself, reflecting Kisho Kurokawa's design concept of merging airport architecture with the Malaysian jungle.
✦KLIA2, opened in 2014, was for a time one of the largest single terminals built specifically for low-cost carriers anywhere in the world.
✦The airport handled roughly 57 million passengers in 2024 and is regularly ranked among the world's most-connected hubs by the OAG Megahub Index.
✦KLIA was built to open in time for Malaysia's hosting of the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.
1993
Construction begins

Groundbreaking took place on 1 June 1993 after the Malaysian government concluded that Subang Airport could not meet future demand; the new airport was built on cleared rainforest and former plantation land in Sepang.

1998
Airport opens

KLIA officially opened on 27 June 1998, inaugurated by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shortly before Malaysia hosted the Commonwealth Games, and replaced Subang as the country's main international airport.

1998
Subang Airport traffic transferred

Commercial operations were moved from the old Subang Airport to KLIA in a single overnight changeover, with Subang subsequently repurposed for general aviation and later a low-cost domestic role.

2014
KLIA2 opens

A new low-cost-carrier terminal, KLIA2, opened on 2 May 2014 to replace the original LCC Terminal, becoming the primary base for AirAsia and one of the largest purpose-built budget-airline terminals in the world.

2023
Terminals rebranded

Malaysia Airports announced in February 2023 that the original terminal and KLIA2 would be rebranded as 'KLIA Terminal 1' and 'KLIA Terminal 2' respectively, unifying the airport's identity under a single KLIA name.

Operator
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (via Malaysia Airports Sepang Sdn Bhd)1998 – presentState-linked operator that manages KLIA along with most of Malaysia's other commercial airports.

Compiled from Wikipedia and airport-industry sources; passenger volume and connectivity rankings are recent figures (circa 2023-2024) and change year to year.