# Kuantan Airport (KUA / WMKD)

**Kuantan Airport** (IATA: KUA, ICAO: WMKD) is a medium airport in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. It has one runway, 2,804 m (9,200 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Malaysian Armed Forces. In 2021 it handled 21 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KUA / WMKD
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Malaysian Armed Forces
- Serves: Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
- Elevation: 18 m / 58 ft
- Coordinates: 3.7754, 103.2090
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,804 m / 9,200 ft
- Passengers: 20,865 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Haji_Ahmad_Shah_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3235616
- Weather station: WMKD · WMO 48657
- Ident: WMKD

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,804 m / 9,200 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 183° / 003° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 226,912 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 220,878 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 248,846 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 280,074 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 317,440 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 314,130 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 292,109 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 247,757 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 241,314 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 258,816 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 71,468 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 20,865 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 202 km / 126 mi · Malaysia Airlines
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 283 km / 176 mi · Scoot

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (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 | 21K (2021) | #2,419 of 3,974 | #742 in Asia | #21 in MY |
| Longest runway | 2,804 m / 9,200 ft | =1,603 of 29,858 | =455 in Asia | #9 in MY |
| Elevation | 18 m / 58 ft | =38,849 of 43,403 | =2,556 in Asia | #52 in MY |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =3 in MY |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 118.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.500 |
| GND | GND | 28.960 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [KTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmke.md) Kerteh Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [WMBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmbe.md) Semantan Airport · 98 km / 61 mi
- [SXT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wman.md) Sungai Tiang Airport · 109 km / 68 mi
- [WMAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmag.md) Dungun Airport · 114 km / 71 mi
- [GTK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/my-gtk.md) Sungai Tekai Airport · 131 km / 81 mi
- [WMAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmac.md) Benta Airport · 139 km / 86 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 Haji Ahmad Shah Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan_Haji_Ahmad_Shah_Airport&oldid=1363080952), revision of 7 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/wmkd/data