# Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (AOR / WMKA)

**Sultan Abdul Halim Airport** (IATA: AOR, ICAO: WMKA) is a medium airport in Alor Satar, Kedah, Malaysia. It has one runway, 2,745 m (9,005 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Malaysia Airports. In 2021 it handled 165 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmka

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AOR / WMKA
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Malaysia Airports
- Serves: Alor Satar, Kedah, Malaysia
- Elevation: 5 m / 15 ft
- Coordinates: 6.1897, 100.3980
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,745 m / 9,005 ft
- Passengers: 164,869 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
- Website: http://www.malaysiaairports.com.my/index.php/component/content/article/11
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Abdul_Halim_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3235623
- Weather station: WMKA
- Ident: WMKA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 2,745 m / 9,005 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 043° / 223° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 400,997 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 407,717 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 433,644 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 535,073 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 660,264 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 719,029 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 787,706 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 802,304 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 817,253 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 919,887 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 275,742 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 164,869 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [SZB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmsa.md) Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport · Malaysia · 363 km / 226 mi · Firefly
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 410 km / 255 mi · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia
- [JHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkj.md) Senai International Airport · Malaysia · 622 km / 386 mi · AirAsia

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AOR, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- AK [AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airasia) · 2
- FY [Firefly](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/firefly) · 1
- MH [Malaysia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/malaysia-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 165K (2021) | #1,625 of 3,974 | #530 in Asia | #14 in MY |
| Longest runway | 2,745 m / 9,005 ft | =1,769 of 29,858 | =531 in Asia | #14 in MY |
| Elevation | 5 m / 15 ft | =41,887 of 43,403 | =3,010 in Asia | =78 in MY |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =3 in MY |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | ALOR STAR APP | 122.300 |
| GND | ALOR STAR GND | 121.600 |
| TWR | ALOR STAR TWR | 122.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [LGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkl.md) Langkawi International Airport · 76 km / 47 mi
- [BWH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkb.md) RMAF Butterworth Air Base · 80 km / 50 mi
- [HDY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtss.md) Hat Yai International Airport · 83 km / 51 mi
- [BTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/btz.md) Betong International Airport · 94 km / 59 mi
- [PEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkp.md) Penang International Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [PAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsk.md) Pattani Airport · 107 km / 66 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Sultan Abdul Halim Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan_Abdul_Halim_Airport&oldid=1371920842), revision of 29 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmka/data