Sultan Mahmud Airport Lapangan Terbang Sultan Mahmud | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kuala Terengganu | ||||||||||
| Location | Kuala Nerus,Terengganu,Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 21 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 05°22′53″N103°06′17″E / 5.38139°N 103.10472°E /5.38139; 103.10472 | ||||||||||
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 Terengganu state in Malaysia | |||||||||||
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| Source: official website[1] AIP Malaysia[2] | |||||||||||
Sultan Mahmud Airport (IATA:TGG,ICAO:WMKN) is anairport inKuala Nerus,Terengganu,Malaysia. The airport servesKuala Terengganu which is located 8 km (5.0 mi) away.[2] In 2017, it handled 943,660 passengers with 11,485 aircraft movements.[1] It was named after the 16th Sultan of Terengganu, AlmarhumSultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, who ruled from 1979 to 1998.
The terminal was designed to handle 2 million passengers every year.Malaysia Airlines has agreed withTabung Haji that it will also bring passengers toMecca viaJeddah andMedina inSaudi Arabia.
The expansion of the airport was part of the twenty development projects planned by the Terengganu state government and the federal government in 1984, with the expansion itself costing RM 400 million.[3]
By 1988, the airport already had modern facilities along with four other airports in Malaysia.[4]
In late 1991,Pelangi Air began operating three-times-a-week direct flights fromSeletar Airport in Singapore to the airport using a Fokker 50 aircraft.[5]
In July 1992, the Terengganu state government applied to the federal government for the expansion of the airport costing RM34 million, which included the building of a new terminal building and the extension of the airport runway.[6] The expansion was also considered by the state government in 1993 when it wanted to allow international airlines to fly direct to the east coast part of the peninsular.[7]
In October 2007, the Malaysian government approved RM200 million to upgrade the airport. This includes funding to extend the runway and upgrade the terminal of the airport.[8]
On October 11, 2008, aMalaysia AirlinesBoeing 747-400 fromKuala Lumpur landed there, the firstBoeing 747 to do so.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AirAsia | Kuala Lumpur–International |
| Firefly | Kuala Lumpur–International,[9]Kuala Lumpur–Subang |
| Malaysia Airlines | Kuala Lumpur–International |
Year | Passengers handled | Passenger % change | Cargo (tonnes) | Cargo % Change | Aircraft movements | Aircraft % change |
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| 2003 | 394,240 |  | 160 | | 5,508 | |
| 2004 | 435,620 |  10.5 | 124 |  22.5 | 5,834 | 5.9 |
| 2005 | 419,475 | 3.7 | 94 | 24.2 | 5,622 | 3.6 |
| 2006 | 398,252 | 5.1 | 70 | 25.5 | 3,792 | 32.5 |
| 2007 | 430,800 | 8.2 | 47 | 32.8 | 8,781 | 131.6 |
| 2008 | 487,495 | 13.2 | 24 | 49.0 | 10,045 | 14.4 |
| 2009 | 523,619 | 7.4 | 24 | | 9,875 | 1.7 |
| 2010 | 520,611 | 0.6 | 50 | 108.3 | 10,959 | 11.0 |
| 2011 | 502,966 | 3.4 | 103 | 106.0 | 14,296 | 30.4 |
| 2012 | 550,831 | 9.5 | 147 | 42.7 | 12,809 | 10.4 |
| 2013 | 699,310 | 27.0 | 103 | 29.7 | 11,402 | 11.0 |
| 2014 | 842,651 | 20.5 | 148 | 43.8 | 14,057 | 23.3 |
| 2015 | 857,239 | 1.7 | 329 | 121.9 | 12,587 | 10.5 |
| 2016 | 900,218 | 5.0 | 253 | 23.1 | 12,066 | 4.1 |
| 2017 | 943,660 | 4.8 | 247 | 2.4 | 11,485 | 4.8 |
| 2018 | 894,737 | 5.2 | 363 | 47.1 | 10,637 | 7.4 |
| 2019 | 913,829 | 2.1 | 427 | 47.1 | 11,072 | 4.1 |
| 2020 | 302,280 | 66.9 | 173 | 59.4 | 5,519 | 50.2 |
| Source:Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad[10] | ||||||
| Rank | Destinations | Frequency (weekly) | Airlines | Note |
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| 1 |  Subang, Selangor | 33 | FY, OD | |
| 2 |  Kuala Lumpur | 26 | AK, MH | |
| 3 |  Sabah | 2 | AK |
