Sultan Abdul Halim Airport

{{Infobox airport

| name = Sultan Abdul Halim Airport

| nativename = Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Halim

| image = AOR Terminal.jpg

| IATA = AOR

| ICAO = WMKA

| type = Public / Military

| owner = Khazanah Nasional Berhad

| operator = Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad

| city-served = Alor Setar

| location = Kepala Batas, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia

| timezone = MST

| utc = UTC+08:00

| elevation-f = 15

| coordinates = {{coord|06|11|40|N|100|24|03|E|region:MY|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Malaysia West

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Malaysia

| pushpin_label = WMKA

| website = {{URL|http://www.malaysiaairports.com.my/index.php/domestic/sultan-abdul-halim-airport}}

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 04/22

| r1-length-m = 2,745

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2018

| stat1-header = Passenger

| stat1-data = 817,253 ({{increase}} 1.9%)

| stat2-header = Airfreight (tonnes)

| stat2-data = 845 ({{increase}} 72.7%)

| stat3-header = Aircraft movements

| stat3-data = 44,989 ({{decrease}} 2.8%)

| footnotes = Source: official web site[http://www.malaysiaairports.com.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=70 Sultan Abdul Halim Airport] at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
AIP Malaysia[http://aip.dca.gov.my/aip%20pdf/AD/AD2/WMKA/WMKA-Alor%20StarSultan%20Abdul%20Halim.pdf WMKA - ALOR STAR/SULTAN ABDUL HALIM] at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia

}}

Sultan Abdul Halim Airport {{airport codes|AOR|WMKA}} is an airport in Kepala Batas, Kedah, Malaysia. It serves the city of Alor Setar and the state of Perlis. It is the second-largest airport in the northern Peninsula Malaysia, following Penang International Airport.

The airport, located in Kepala Batas, is approximately {{Convert|15|km|abbr=on}} from Alor Setar. It has a capacity to handle up to 800,000 passengers per year. Opened in 1929, it is the second oldest airport in Malaysia, following Taiping Airport.

The airport's new terminal, which became operational on 5 May 2006, was designed to accommodate future growth in passenger traffic. The terminal can handle larger aircraft, such as the Airbus A330, following the extension of the runway from its original length of {{Convert|1963|x|45|m|abbr=on|0}} to {{Convert|2745|x|45|m|abbr=on|0}}. In 2009, Sultan Abdul Halim Airport processed 421,314 passengers and recorded 24,031 aircraft movements.

The Royal Malaysian Air Force training division is also co-located and uses the same runway as the airport.

Airlines and destinations

{{Airport-dest-list

| AirAsia |Johor Bahru,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/airasia-start-jbalor-setar-jbipoh-flights-oct-1|title = AirAsia to start JB-Alor Setar, JB-Ipoh flights from Oct 1|date = 18 July 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/279721/airasia-adds-new-domestic-routes-from-johor-bahru-from-oct-2018/|title = AirAsia adds new domestic routes from Johor Bahru from Oct 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/04/475744/airasia-adds-437-extra-flights-hari-raya|title=AirAsia adds 437 extra flights for Hari Raya | New Straits Times|date=3 April 2019}} Kuala Lumpur–International

| Batik Air Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur–International{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240906-oddec24aor|title=Batik Air Malaysia Adds Alor Setar From Dec 2024|publisher=Aeroroutes|access-date=6 September 2024}}

| Firefly |Kuala Lumpur–Subang

| Malaysia Airlines |Kuala Lumpur–International

}}

Traffic and statistics

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Year ! Passengers handled{{efn\|Number of passengers including domestic, international and transit}} ! Passenger % Change ! Cargo (tonnes){{efn\|Cargo movement including domestic, international and transit}} ! Cargo % Change ! Aircraft movements ! Aircraft % Change
class="toccolours sortable" style="padding:0.5em;" \|+ Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics
style="background:#eee;" \|2003	353,778	{{sort\|10\|{{nochange}}}}	17	{{sort\|10\|{{nochange}}}}	18,318	{{nochange}}
style="background:#eee;" \|2004	346,502	{{decrease}}{{sort\|06\|2.0}}	67	{{increase}}{{sort\|01\|294.1}}	14,784	{{decrease}} 19.3
style="background:#eee;" \|2005	323,669	{{decrease}}{{sort\|08\|6.6}}	118	{{increase}}{{sort\|03\|76.1}}	17,632	{{increase}} 19.2
style="background:#eee;" \|2006	292,549	{{decrease}}{{sort\|09\|9.6}}	111	{{decrease}}{{sort\|05\|5.9}}	18,495	{{increase}} 4.9
style="background:#eee;" \|2007	291,006	{{decrease}}{{sort\|05\|0.5}}	55	{{decrease}}{{sort\|08\|50.4}}	20,277	{{increase}} 9.6
style="background:#eee;" \|2008	307,564	{{increase}}{{sort\|03\|5.7}}	41	{{decrease}}{{sort\|07\|25.4}}	17,705	{{decrease}} 12.7
style="background:#eee;" \|2009	421,314	{{increase}}{{sort\|01\|36.9}}	34	{{decrease}}{{sort\|06\|17.1}}	24,031	{{increase}} 35.7
style="background:#eee;" \|2010	400,997	{{decrease}}{{sort\|07\|4.8}}	34	{{nochange}}{{sort\|09

}||22,187||{{decrease}} 7.7

|- style="background:#eee;"

|2011||407,717||{{increase}}{{sort|04|1.7}}||46||{{increase}}{{sort|04|35.3}}||19,621||{{decrease}} 11.6

|- style="background:#eee;"

|2012||433,644||{{increase}}{{sort|02|6.4}}||123||{{increase}}{{sort|02|167.4}}||18,006||{{decrease}} 8.2

|- style="background:#eee;"

|2013||535,073||{{increase}}{{sort|02|23.4}}||126||{{increase}}{{sort|02|2.3}}||15,752||{{decrease}} 12.5

|- style="background:#eee;"

|2014||660,264||{{increase}} 23.4||230||{{increase}} 82.4||17,365||{{increase}} 10.2

|- style="background:#eee;"

|2015||719,029||{{increase}} 8.9||389||{{increase}} 69.0||18,368||{{increase}} 5.8

|- style="background:#eee;"

|2016||787,706||{{increase}} 9.6||390||{{increase}} 0.3||18,190||{{decrease}} 1.0

|- style="background:#eee;"

|2017||802,304||{{increase}} 1.9||489||{{increase}} 25.4||46,285||{{increase}} 154.5

|- style="background:#eee;"

|2018||817,253||{{increase}} 1.9||845||{{increase}} 72.7||44,989||{{decrease}} 2.8

|- style="background:#eee;"

|2019||919,875||{{increase}} 12.6||1,009||{{increase}} 19.3||42,264||{{decrease}} 6.1

|- style="background:#eee;"

|2020||275,824||{{decrease}} 70.0||280||{{decrease}} 72.2||33,367||{{decrease}} 21.1

| colspan="7" style="text-align:right;"| ^{Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad{{cite web|url=http://annualreport2020.malaysiaairports.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/airportstatistics2020.pdf|title=Malaysia Airports: Airports Statistics 2020 |publisher=malaysiaairports|date=2 April 2021 |access-date=5 October 2021}}}

class="sortable" style="font-size:89%; align=center;"

|+ Busiest flights out of Sultan Abdul Halim Airport by frequency

style="background:darkgrey;"

! |Rank

|Destinations

|Frequency (weekly)

|Airlines

!Note

|{{flagicon|Selangor}} Subang, Selangor

| align="right" |32

| align="right" |FY, OD

|{{flagicon|Kuala Lumpur}} Kuala Lumpur

| align="right" |19

| align="right" |AK, MH

|{{flagicon|Johor}} Johor Bahru, Johor

| align="right" |4

| align="right" |AK

Transportation

This airport is nearby Anak Bukit railway station, within 5 to 8 minutes by taxi. This station are connected to main city and town in Kedah and Perlis like Alor Setar, Gurun, Sungai Petani, Kangar, Arau and Padang Besar.

The airport is around 10-15 minutes by taxi to the city centre of Alor Setar.

Notes

References

External links

[http://www.malaysiaairports.com.my/index.php?ch=17&pg=55&ac=177 Sultan Abdul Halim Airport, Alor Setar] at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
{{NWS-current|WMKA}}
{{ASN|AOR}}

Category:Airports in Kedah

Category:Kubang Pasu District

Category:Northern Corridor Economic Region