Sultan Ismail Petra Airport

Sultan Ismail Petra Airport

Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ismail Petra
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMalaysia Airports
OperatorMalaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
ServesKota Bharu, Kelantan and Besut, Terengganu
LocationPengkalan Chepa, Kelantan, Malaysia
Time zoneMST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL16 ft / 5 m
Coordinates6°10′02″N 102°17′32″E / 6.1672560°N 102.2922092°E / 6.1672560; 102.2922092
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KBR /WMKC is located in Kelantan
KBR /WMKC
KBR /WMKC
Location on the east coast of Malaysia
KBR /WMKC is located in Peninsular Malaysia
KBR /WMKC
KBR /WMKC
KBR /WMKC (Peninsular Malaysia)
KBR /WMKC is located in Malaysia
KBR /WMKC
KBR /WMKC
KBR /WMKC (Malaysia)
KBR /WMKC is located in Southeast Asia
KBR /WMKC
KBR /WMKC
KBR /WMKC (Southeast Asia)
KBR /WMKC is located in Asia
KBR /WMKC
KBR /WMKC
KBR /WMKC (Asia)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passenger1,251,330 (Decrease 15.1%)
Airfreight (tonnes)1,073 (Increase 38.4%)
Aircraft movements24,481 (Decrease 19.6%)
Sources: official website[1]
AIP Malaysia[2]
Boarding gate view of Sultan Ismail Petra Airport before expansion

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[3] and the busiest airport on the East Coast.

  1. ^ Sultan Ismail Petra Airport, Kota Bharu at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  2. ^ "AIP Supplement Malaysia" (PDF). Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Sultan Ismail Petra Airport, Kota Bharu, Kelantan". klia2 info. 2022-11-19. Retrieved 2024-08-05.