KCH

Kuching International Airport

ICAO WBGG1.4874°N 110.3529°E27 m / 89 ftLarge airport
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KIA check-in
Craig 02:47, 5 October 2007 (UTC) · Public domain · Commons

Kuching International Airport (IATA: KCH, ICAO: WBGG) is a large airport in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. It opened on 26 Sep 1950. It has one runway, 3,780 m (12,402 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 840 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1950–1950
26 SEP 1950
OpenedKuching International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
KIA Main Terminal (Landside)VVIP TerminalKIA AirsideHornbill SkywaysPolice Air Wing
07/25068° / 248° · LIT
LENGTH3,780 m12,402 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2021
3.6M
4.3M
4.2M
4.9M
4.9M
4.8M
4.9M
5.1M
5.6M
5.9M
1.8M
840K
101112131415161718192021

Routes

3 destinations · 3 countries
Most destinationsIndonesia AirAsia 1Malaysia Airlines 1Air Changan 1MASkargo 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KCH. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Kuching International Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers840K (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#897of 3,974 · #282 Asia · #3 MYLongest runway3,780 m12,402 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=235of 29,823 · =72 Asia · =4 MYElevation27 m89 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,298of 43,341 · =2,368 Asia · #44 MYAgeOpened 19502026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,626of 15,079 · =187 Asia · #5 MYRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =3 MY
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

5 channels
ACCRDR134.500
APPAPP DIRECTOR120.200
ATISATIS128.400
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR118.100