Kuching International Airport Padang Bilun Antarabansa Kuching | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Khazanah Nasional | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kuching Metropolitan Area (also Kuching Division, Samarahan Division & Serian Division of Sarawak, Malaysia) | ||||||||||
| Location | Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Opened | 26 September 1950 | ||||||||||
| Hub for | MASwings | ||||||||||
| Operating base for | AirAsia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 89 ft / 27 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 01°29′13.5″N 110°20′30.9″E / 1.487083°N 110.341917°E | ||||||||||
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Kuching International Airport (KIA) (IATA: KCH, ICAO: WBGG) is an international airport serving the entire southwestern region of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is located 11 km (6.8 mi)[2] south of Kuching city centre. The airport is colocated with the RMAF Kuching, home to the No. 7 Squadron RMAF.[3]
The airport terminal is capable of handling five million passengers per annum and it is the fourth busiest airport in Malaysia. KIA has grown rapidly with an increasing number of passengers and aircraft movement. In 2023, KIA handled 5,327,787 passengers with a corresponding volume of 45,598 flights. In the same year, 43,606 metric tonnes of cargo were handled through this facility.
KIA is the operating base for AirAsia and has been growing rapidly to tackle the demand of the travellers in the Sarawak region.
- ^ [1] Archived 2018-10-10 at the Wayback Machine at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- ^ a b WBGG – KUCHING INTERNATIONAL at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
- ^ "Pangkalan Udara Kuching" [Kuching Airbase] (in Malay). Royal Malaysian Air Force. Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-09-30.