Sultan Mahmud 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)
Map
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.