The busiest airports in Malaysia are measured according to data presented by Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. Information for domestic and international airports presented individually in the section MAHB Airports Among all top 20 busiest airports, the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is the only airport which can land the A380. KLIA also has the longest runway in Malaysia, with 1 4,124 and 2 4,000 m runways.
Passenger traffic
A passenger is described as a person who departs, arrives or passes in condition of transit through any airport located between the borders of Malaysia at any point of time during a year. The data presented here includes the total number of departure, arrival and transit passengers for the years selected, and for both domestic and international flights arriving in scheduled and non-scheduled services.
Airport name State City served IATA ICAO 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Kuala Lumpur International Airport Selangor Greater Kuala Lumpur KUL WMKK 59,988,409 62,257,101 13,120,116 4,011,838 25,399,296 47,224,000 57,008,869 Kota Kinabalu International Airport Sabah Kota Kinabalu BKI WBKK 8,622,488 9,443,275 2,300,884 1,123,575 5,022,756 7,035,170 7,954,338 Penang International Airport Penang George Town PEN WMKP 7,790,423 8,316,050 1,814,266 543,519 4,275,123 6,781,059 7,641,625 Kuching International Airport Sarawak Kuching KCH WBGG 5,564,722 5,947,478 1,778,519 840,553 4,340,070 5,327,787 5,383,947 Senai International Airport Johor Johor Bahru JHB WMKJ 3,522,576 4,270,144 1,096,330 371,154 2,216,136 3,010,018 3,360,906 Langkawi International Airport Kedah Langkawi LGK WMKL 2,735,703 2,945,963 966,789 762,142 2,240,416 2,501,717 2,547,358 Miri Airport Sarawak Miri MYY WBGR 2,350,700 2,435,493 874,661 509,367 1,775,238 2,195,063 2,066,969 Tawau Airport Sabah Tawau TWU WBKW 1,642,171 1,832,368 571,800 415,977 1,377,644 1,710,472 1,961,577 Sultan Ismail Petra Airport Kelantan Kota Bharu KBR WMKC 1,688,625 1,789,516 711,285 501,930 1,384,903 1,581,759 1,473,065 Sibu Airport Sarawak Sibu SBW WBGS 1,579,528 1,750,876 569,625 243,350 1,233,824 1,548,423 1,459,036 Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur SZB WMSA 1,964,059 2,259,587 949,508 577,984 1,547,253 1,376,030 1,422,334 Sandakan Airport Sabah Sandakan SDK WMKS 950,861 1,083,090 361,955 245,244 793,536 - 980,342 Bintulu Airport Sarawak Bintulu BTU WBGB 923,033 1,114,326 369,802 166,236 - - 850,088 Sultan Mahmud Airport Terengganu Kuala Terengganu TGG WMKN 894,737 910,801 300,945 165,649 - - 651,572 Sultan Abdul Halim Airport Kedah Alor Setar AOR WMKA 817,253 919,887 275,742 165,678 - - 546,916
Cargo traffic The following is a list of 10 busiest airports in Malaysia in terms of cargo handling traffic. The cargo numbers are in metric tonnes.
Airport name State City served IATA ICAO 2012 (tonnes) 2013 (tonnes) Kuala Lumpur International Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur KUL WMKK 673,107 680,983 Penang International Airport Penang George Town PEN WMKP 123,246 153,703 Subang Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur SZB WMSA 22,680 26,443 Kuching International Airport Sarawak Kuching KCH WBGG 15,810 21,993 Kota Kinabalu International Airport Sabah Kota Kinabalu BKI WBKK 23,563 21,922 Miri Airport Sarawak Miri MYY WBGR 9,879 9,800 Labuan Airport Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan LBU WBKL 6,071 9,329 Senai International Airport Johor Johor Bahru JHB WMKJ 3,149 3,443 Sandakan Airport Sabah Sandakan SDK WBKS 2,479 2,894 Tawau Airport Sabah Tawau TWU WBKW 2,489 2,844
Aircraft movements The following is a list of the 10 busiest airports in Malaysia in terms of commercial aircraft movements (take-off and landing).
Airport name State City served IATA ICAO 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Kuala Lumpur International Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur KUL WMKK 407,315 124,529 73,673198,302319,054 Penang International Airport Penang George Town PEN WMKP 78,400 28,49715,97846,25759,578 Kota Kinabalu International Airport Sabah Kota Kinabalu BKI WBKK 82,125 29,21421,12649,87658,323 Kuching International Airport Sarawak Kuching KCH WBGG 53,610 25,069 18,30842,12645,781Senai International AirportJohorJohor BahruJHBWMKJ58,31321,4818,98833,09842,029 Miri Airport Sarawak Miri MYY WBGR 42,076 24,902 20,32635,22537,366 Subang Airport Selangor Kuala Lumpur SZB WMSA 52,082 29,09122,35243,11033,725 Langkawi International Airport Kedah Langkawi LGK WMKL 25,673 10,3857,48320,67319,374 Sultan Ismail Petra Airport Kelantan Kota Bharu KBR WMKC 24,514 13,117 9,52719,02718,403 Sibu Airport Sarawak Sibu SBW WBGS 16,753 7,1203,53812,00213,608Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad, Ministry of Transport
Busiest air routes
As of 2023, the busiest domestic route in Malaysia is the Kuala Lumpur - Kota Kinabalu - Kuala Lumpur sector, with over 160 flights weekly. The busiest international route from Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur - Singapore - Kuala Lumpur sector with over 255 flights weekly. In addition, the busiest non-Kuala Lumpur based domestic route is Kota Kinabalu - Tawau - Kota Kinabalu sector with more than 50 flights weekly.
References
External links KLIA info pages Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad Department of Civil Aviation, Malaysia Ministry of Transport, Malaysia