Sultan Mahmud Airport

Not to be confused with Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport.
Sultan Mahmud Airport

Lapangan Terbang Sultan Mahmud
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Malaysia
OperatorMalaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
ServesKuala Terengganu
LocationKuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
Time zoneMST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL21 ft / 6 m
Coordinates05°22′53″N 103°06′17″E / 5.38139°N 103.10472°E / 5.38139; 103.10472
Maps
Terengganu state in Malaysia
Terengganu state in Malaysia
TGG/WMKN is located in Peninsular Malaysia
TGG/WMKN
TGG/WMKN
TGG/WMKN is located in Malaysia
TGG/WMKN
TGG/WMKN
TGG/WMKN (Malaysia)
TGG/WMKN is located in Southeast Asia
TGG/WMKN
TGG/WMKN
TGG/WMKN (Southeast Asia)
TGG/WMKN is located in Asia
TGG/WMKN
TGG/WMKN
TGG/WMKN (Asia)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 3,480 11,417 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passenger894,737 (Decrease 5.2%)
Airfreight (tonnes)363 (Increase 47.1%)
Aircraft movements10,637 (Decrease 7.4%)
Source: official website[1]
AIP Malaysia[2]

Sultan Mahmud Airport (IATA: TGG, ICAO: WMKN) is an airport in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. The airport serves Kuala 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, Almarhum Sultan 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 with Tabung Haji that it will also bring passengers to Mecca via Jeddah and Medina in Saudi Arabia.

  1. ^ a b Sultan Mahmud Airport, Kuala Terengganu at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  2. ^ a b WMKN - KUALA TERENGGANU/SULTAN MAHMUD at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia