Photos & Facts: Malaysia's Best and Busiest Airports

Malaysia Airport Holdings Berhad (MAHB) celebrates its twenty fifth anniversary this yr and continues to play a crucial role in the event of the Malaysian aviation industry.

For 25 years, MAHB has enjoyed much national and international success, consolidating its position as top-of-the-line airport operators on the earth.

Celebrating the occasion, Seasia has established facts that readers should learn about this holistic, global airport company that manages:

KL International Airport (KLIA), among the many 25 busiest airports on the earth.
klia2, the corporate’s second terminal.
six international airports.
16 domestic and 18 airport (short landing and take-off ports -STOLports).

KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

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Throughout 2016, MAHB to his report achieved the milestones listed below:

The company’s airports, including Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SGIA) in Istanbul, handle 118.5 million passengers, a rise of 5.7% in comparison with 2015;
International traffic recorded 52.8 million passengers, a rise of 6.1% year-on-year;
In domestic traffic, 65.7 million passengers were recorded, a rise of 5.4%;
The growth rate of the variety of international passengers increased within the second half of 2016, to 11% from 5% in the primary half of the yr;
An increase of 6% with 88.8 million passenger movements since 2015, while the international sector recorded 43.2 million movements, a rise of 8%;
Malaysian airports also saw significant traffic growth in 2016, including Kota Kinabalu, Penang, Langkawi, Alor Setar, Ipoh, Tawau and Mulu. Ipoh saw a high growth rate (over 20%) following the introduction of a direct service to Singapore;
Growth for all five international airports in Malaysia ranged from 3% to 13.6%, while 11 of the 21 international and domestic airports recorded growth between 1% and 21%;
KLIA passed the 50 million passenger milestone for the primary time, reaching over 52.6 million last yr;
Comparing KLIA and klia2, klia2 saw roughly 6.3% more passengers, or 27.1 million, in comparison with 25.5 million from KLIA, with the latter seeing a 12.8% year-on-year increase in comparison with a 3% increase for klia2.
December saw the very best variety of passengers in 2016, exceeding eight million.

We also include an inventory of Malaysian airports across the country, together with passenger traffic data recorded as much as last yr.

According to Malaysia Airport Holdings BerhadThe data below also includes the entire number of exits, arrivals and transit passengers in chosen years, for each domestic and international flights, arriving on scheduled and non-scheduled services.

KOTA KINABALU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – 7,263,339 PASSENGERS