# Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR / WMKC)

**Sultan Ismail Petra Airport** (IATA: KBR, ICAO: WMKC) is a medium airport in Kota Baharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. It has one runway, 2,400 m (7,874 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Malaysia Airports. In 2021 it handled 500 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KBR / WMKC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Malaysia Airports
- Serves: Kota Baharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
- Elevation: 5 m / 16 ft
- Coordinates: 6.1669, 102.2930
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,400 m / 7,874 ft
- Passengers: 499,695 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
- Website: http://www.malaysiaairports.com.my/index.php/domestic/sultan-ismail-petra-airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Ismail_Petra_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431767
- Weather station: WMKC · WMO 48615
- Ident: WMKC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 100° / 280° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 1,047,755 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 1,132,345 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,259,205 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,585,238 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,800,836 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 2,063,747 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 2,062,248 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,988,212 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,688,625 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,789,516 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 711,285 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 499,695 | Wikidata |

## Routes

8 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (8)

- [PEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkp.md) Penang International Airport · Malaysia · 243 km / 151 mi · Firefly
- [SZB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmsa.md) Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport · Malaysia · 348 km / 216 mi · Firefly, Batik Air Malaysia
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 386 km / 240 mi · Firefly, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia
- [JHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkj.md) Senai International Airport · Malaysia · 526 km / 327 mi · AirAsia
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 568 km / 353 mi · Scoot
- [KCH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbgg.md) Kuching International Airport · Malaysia · 1,034 km / 642 mi · AirAsia
- [CGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wiii.md) Soekarno-Hatta International Airport · Indonesia · 1,450 km / 901 mi · AirAsia
- [BKI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbkk.md) Kota Kinabalu International Airport · Malaysia · 1,521 km / 945 mi · AirAsia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (5)

- AK [AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airasia) · 5
- FY [Firefly](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/firefly) · 3
- OD [Batik Air Malaysia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/batik-air-malaysia) · 2
- MH [Malaysia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/malaysia-airlines) · 1
- TZ [Scoot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scoot) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 500K (2021) | #1,113 of 3,974 | #357 in Asia | #8 in MY |
| Longest runway | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | =2,846 of 29,858 | =882 in Asia | #18 in MY |
| Elevation | 5 m / 16 ft | =41,727 of 43,403 | =2,983 in Asia | #77 in MY |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =3 in MY |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | KOTA BHARU GND | 121.600 |
| TWR | KOTA BHARU TWR | 122.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [NAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsc.md) Narathiwat Airport · 72 km / 45 mi
- [TGG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkn.md) Sultan Mahmud Airport · 125 km / 78 mi
- [BTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/btz.md) Betong International Airport · 133 km / 83 mi
- [PAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsk.md) Pattani Airport · 143 km / 89 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 Ismail Petra Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan_Ismail_Petra_Airport&oldid=1365930473), revision of 25 Jul 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/wmkc/data