Kuala Lumpur International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Khazanah Nasional | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Malaysia Airports | ||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Greater Kuala Lumpur | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Sepang District, 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 | airports | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) (IATA: KUL, ICAO: WMKK) is the main international airport serving Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. It is located in the Sepang District of Selangor, approximately 45 km (28 mi) south of downtown Kuala Lumpur and serves the city's greater conurbation.
KLIA is the largest and busiest airport in Malaysia. In 2023, it handled 47,224,000 passengers, 980,040 tonnes of cargo and 819,026 aircraft movements. It is the world's 35th-busiest airport by total passenger traffic.
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 major operating base of AirAsia and AirAsia X.