Kuala Lumpur International Airport

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Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is Malaysia's main international airport and is situated in Sepang district, in the south of the state of Selangor, about 50 km from the capital city, Kuala Lumpur. Its IATA airport code is KUL or KUL2. Built at a cost of some USD 3.5 billion, KLIA was inaugurated on 27 June 1998. Its slogan was Bringing the World to Malaysia and Malaysia to the World.

The runways and buildings cover an overall site of 100 square kilometres. There are 216 check-in counters, arranged in six check-in isles. The airport is the first in the world to use the Total Airport Management System (TAMS).

It has a control tower measuring at 425 feet (130 metres). At the time of construction, this was the tallest airport control tower in the world. Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok is aiming for a height of 433 feet. This would make the KLIA control tower the second-tallest control tower on the targeted completion of the Suvarnabhumi tower in September of 2005.

It has 75 ramp stands. With these facilities, KLIA is theoretically capable of handling 100 aircraft movements at any given time.

The Passenger Terminal Complex (PTC) was built with an emphasis on reflecting natural light from outside the building. Indeed, there is a huge expanse of glass throughout the building, and the spectacular roof has cut-outs for much natural light to filter in. The PTC comprises three buildings - the Main Terminal Building, the Satellite Building and the Contact Pier. Besides the 80-room hotel at the Satelitte Building, there is also a 450-room 5-star Pan Pacific KLIA hotel a 5-10 minute (indoor) walk away. Regular (free) buggy services are also available to the Pan Pacific. Shopping spots are available on an area encompassing 85,000 square metres.

The Main Terminal Building and Satellite Building are connected by Aerotrain, a two-car driverless train that runs on elevated rail and under the taxiways at three to five minute intervals. The journey between terminals takes under two minutes, and each 250-person capacity train is able to transport 3,000 passengers per hour per direction.

KLIA was designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa, and developed by KL International Airport Berhad.

The airport is designed using the concept of Airport in the forest, in which it is surrounded by green space. This was intricately done with the co-operation of FRIM, the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia. Image:Malbear05GardenAirport.jpg

Connections to Kuala Lumpur are possible on the KLIA Express train (RM35 one way), via taxis (approximately RM60) or buses.

The airport is the main hub for Malaysia Airlines and Air Asia, and one terminus of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore air connection operated by both Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines.

The name Kuala Lumpur International Airport was previously used as an alternate name for the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB) in Subang Jaya.

Near the Airport is a low cost carrier terminal, which serves low cost carriers such as AirAsia.

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Main components of KLIA

There are three components of KLIA which are:

  • Main terminal building and contact pier
  • Satellite building
  • Low cost carrier terminal
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Airlines

Airlines serving this airport include:

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New Airlines in 2005-2007

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Previous users

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Incidents

  • In 2001, a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 aircraft suffered nose damage as it entered a monsoon drainage ditch while it was being taxied from the hangar to the gate before a return flight to Saudi Arabia. None of the six crew members on board at the time were injured.
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External links

fr:Aéroport international de Kuala Lumpur id:Bandara Internasional Kuala Lumpur ja:クアラルンプール国際空港 ms:Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur

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