KUL
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (IATA: KUL, ICAO: WMKK) is a large airport in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It opened on 27 Jun 1998. It has 3 runways; the longest is 4,124 m (13,530 ft). It is operated by Malaysia Airports. In 2022 it handled 25.4 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1998–199827 JUN 1998
OpenedKuala Lumpur International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap14L/32R146° / 326° · LIT
LENGTH4,124 m13,530 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEPaved
14R/32L146° / 326° · LIT
LENGTH4,050 m13,288 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEPaved
15/33146° / 326° · LIT
LENGTH3,960 m12,993 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEPaved
Passengers per year
2011–202237.7M
39.9M
47.5M
48.9M
48.9M
52.6M
58.6M
60.0M
62.3M
13.1M
4.0M
25.4M
111213141516171819202122
Routes
148 destinations · 43 countriesYear-round143
KUAKuantan AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines202 km126 miJHBSenai International AirportMalaysia · Firefly, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia +1250 km155 miPKUSultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport / Roesmin Nurjadin AFBIndonesia · Lion Air, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia +1256 km159 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Scoot, Firefly, Ethiopian Airlines +5297 km185 miBTHHang Nadim International AirportIndonesia · AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia323 km201 miPENPenang International AirportMalaysia · Firefly, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia325 km202 miKNOKualanamu International AirportIndonesia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Batik Air +2330 km205 miTGGSultan Mahmud AirportMalaysia · Firefly, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia331 km206 miKBRSultan Ismail Petra AirportMalaysia · Firefly, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia +1386 km240 miAORSultan Abdul Halim AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia410 km255 miPDGMinangkabau International AirportIndonesia · Lion Air, AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia424 km263 miLGKLangkawi International AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia455 km283 miHDYHat Yai International AirportThailand · Thai AirAsia488 km303 miKBVKrabi International AirportThailand · Firefly, AirAsia667 km414 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia705 km438 miPLMSultan Mahmud Badaruddin II AirportIndonesia · AirAsia710 km441 miBTJSultan Iskandar Muda International AirportIndonesia · Super Air Jet, AirAsia763 km474 miPQCPhú Quốc International AirportVietnam · Sun PhuQuoc Airways, AirAsia863 km536 miKOSSihanouk International AirportCambodia · Sky Angkor Airlines, AirAsia896 km557 miPNKSupadio International AirportIndonesia · AirAsia914 km568 miTKGRadin Inten II International AirportIndonesia · TransNusa Air Services969 km602 miKCHKuching International AirportMalaysia · Firefly, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia +2971 km603 miKTITecho International AirportCambodia · AirAsia Cambodia, Malaysia Airlines, Cambodia Airways1,021 km634 miSGNTan Son Nhat International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia +11,050 km652 miCGKSoekarno-Hatta International AirportIndonesia · Citilink, KLM, Malaysia Airlines +51,129 km702 miSBWSibu AirportMalaysia · Firefly, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia +11,143 km710 miSAISiem Reap-Angkor International AirportCambodia · AirAsia Cambodia1,213 km754 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Thai Vietjet Air, Malaysia Airlines1,221 km759 miDLILien Khuong AirportVietnam · AirAsia1,241 km771 miDMKDon Mueang International AirportThailand · Thai AirAsia, AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia1,248 km775 miBTUBintulu AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia1,257 km781 miCXRCam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air BaseVietnam · AirAsia1,320 km820 miMYYMiri AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia1,374 km854 miSRGJenderal Ahmad Yani AirportIndonesia · AirAsia1,446 km899 miBWNBrunei International AirportBrunei · Royal Brunei Airlines, AirAsia1,487 km924 miYIAYogyakarta International AirportIndonesia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia1,503 km934 miLBULabuan AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia1,528 km949 miBDJSyamsudin Noor International AirportIndonesia · AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia1,605 km997 miBKIKota Kinabalu International AirportMalaysia · Firefly, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia +11,629 km1,012 miDADDa Nang International AirportVietnam · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia +11,640 km1,019 miSUBJuanda International AirportIndonesia · Malaysia Airlines, Batik Air, Batik Air Malaysia +11,667 km1,036 miRGNYangon International AirportMyanmar (Burma) · Malaysia Airlines1,688 km1,049 miVTEWattay International AirportLaos · AirAsia1,697 km1,054 miBPNSultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan International AirportIndonesia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia1,746 km1,085 miCNXChiang Mai International AirportThailand · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia1,806 km1,122 miTWUTawau AirportMalaysia · Firefly, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia +11,830 km1,137 miSDKSandakan AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia1,846 km1,147 miDPSDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International AirportIndonesia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X, AirAsia +21,964 km1,220 miBARQionghai Bo'ao AirportChina · Hainan Airlines2,056 km1,278 miLOPLombok International AirportIndonesia · Lion Air, AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia +12,060 km1,280 miHANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia +22,102 km1,306 miHAKHaikou Meilan International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines, Batik Air Malaysia2,134 km1,326 miUPGSultan Hasanuddin International AirportIndonesia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia2,165 km1,345 miNNGNanning Wuxu International AirportChina · AirAsia2,315 km1,438 miLBJKomodo AirportIndonesia · AirAsia2,371 km1,473 miCMBBandaranaike International Colombo AirportSri Lanka · FitsAir, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia +22,467 km1,533 miMNLNinoy Aquino International AirportPhilippines · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Philippine Airlines +12,490 km1,547 miKMGKunming Changshui International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia2,490 km1,547 miMFMMacau International AirportMacao SAR China · AirAsia, Air Macau2,510 km1,560 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Malaysia Airlines, Cathay Pacific, AirAsia +12,543 km1,580 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Shenzhen Airlines2,568 km1,596 miCEBMactan Cebu International AirportPhilippines · Philippines AirAsia, Firefly, AirAsia2,598 km1,614 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · Spring Airlines, 9 Air, Malaysia Airlines +22,613 km1,624 miMAAChennai International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia2,629 km1,634 miCCUNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose International AirportIndia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia2,635 km1,637 miDACHazrat Shahjalal International AirportBangladesh · US-Bangla Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia +22,642 km1,642 miKWLGuilin Liangjiang International AirportChina · AirAsia2,653 km1,648 miTRZTiruchirappalli International AirportIndia · AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia2,689 km1,671 miKWEGuiyang Longdongbao International AirportChina · 9 Air2,701 km1,678 miSWAJieyang Chaoshan International AirportChina · AirAsia2,808 km1,745 miTRVThiruvananthapuram International AirportIndia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia2,815 km1,749 miBLRKempegowda International Airport BengaluruIndia · IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia +12,884 km1,792 miCOKCochin International AirportIndia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia2,913 km1,810 miDILPresidente Nicolau Lobato International AirportTimor-Leste · Aero Dili, Batik Air Malaysia2,924 km1,817 miKHHKaohsiung International AirportTaiwan · AirAsia2,984 km1,854 miXMNXiamen Gaoqi International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Batik Air Malaysia2,996 km1,862 miHYDRajiv Gandhi International AirportIndia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia3,009 km1,870 miCKGChongqing Jiangbei International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Hainan Airlines +13,044 km1,891 miJJNQuanzhou Jinjiang International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines3,047 km1,893 miTFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X +23,079 km1,913 miCSXChangsha Huanghua International AirportChina · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X, AirAsia +13,081 km1,914 miMLEVelana International AirportMaldives · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia3,132 km1,946 miFOCFuzhou Changle International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Shanghai Airlines3,214 km1,997 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · Starlux Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X +33,246 km2,017 miYIHYichang Sanxia AirportChina · Air Changan3,259 km2,025 miKHNNanchang Changbei International AirportChina · Jiangxi Air3,270 km2,032 miKTMTribhuvan International AirportNepal · Himalaya Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Nepal Airlines +13,273 km2,034 miWUHWuhan Tianhe International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, AirAsia3,382 km2,101 miXIYXi'an Xianyang International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, AirAsia X3,599 km2,236 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · Malaysia Airlines, Batik Air Malaysia3,624 km2,252 miHGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, AirAsia X3,637 km2,260 miNKGNanjing Lukou International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, China Eastern Airlines3,690 km2,293 miCGOZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportChina · Batik Air Malaysia3,751 km2,331 miWUXSunan Shuofang International AirportChina · Juneyao Air3,751 km2,331 miLHWLanzhou Zhongchuan International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines3,760 km2,336 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Spring Airlines, Juneyao Air, Malaysia Airlines +33,797 km2,359 miAMDSardar Vallabh Patel International AirportIndia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia3,861 km2,399 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X, Batik Air Malaysia +13,877 km2,409 miTYNTaiyuan Wusu International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines4,048 km2,515 miTNAJinan Yaoqiang International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines4,112 km2,555 miPERPerth International AirportAustralia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia4,140 km2,572 miTAOQingdao Jiaodong International AirportChina · Qingdao Airlines4,187 km2,602 miATQSri Guru Ram Das Ji International AirportIndia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia4,278 km2,658 miLHEAllama Iqbal International AirportPakistan · Batik Air Malaysia4,291 km2,666 miPKXBeijing Daxing International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X4,349 km2,702 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China4,414 km2,743 miKHIJinnah International AirportPakistan · AirAsia X, Batik Air Malaysia4,445 km2,762 miDLCDalian Zhoushuizi International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines4,500 km2,796 miFUKFukuoka AirportJapan · Malaysia Airlines4,546 km2,825 miPUSGimhae International AirportSouth Korea · Malaysia Airlines4,570 km2,840 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X +24,613 km2,866 miKIXKansai International AirportJapan · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X, AirAsia +14,943 km3,071 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · AirAsia X5,131 km3,188 miCGQChangchun Longjia International AirportChina · Shanghai Airlines5,158 km3,205 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · Oman Air5,209 km3,237 miHNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · All Nippon Airways5,351 km3,325 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Uzbekistan Airways, Batik Air Malaysia5,369 km3,336 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines +25,409 km3,361 miMRUSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International AirportMauritius · Air Mauritius5,447 km3,385 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia5,537 km3,441 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates, Batik Air Malaysia5,548 km3,447 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways5,589 km3,473 miADLAdelaide International AirportAustralia · Malaysia Airlines5,682 km3,531 miASBAshgabat International AirportTurkmenistan · Turkmenistan Airlines5,892 km3,661 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways, Malaysia Airlines5,909 km3,672 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Gulf Air6,034 km3,749 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X, Batik Air Malaysia +16,314 km3,923 miIKAImam Khomeini International AirportIran · Iran Airtour6,336 km3,937 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Riyadh Air, Saudia6,377 km3,962 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · Malaysia Airlines, Batik Air Malaysia6,440 km4,002 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X, Batik Air Malaysia6,585 km4,092 miBGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseIraq · Iraqi Airways6,852 km4,258 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines6,985 km4,340 miMEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Malaysia Airlines, Saudia7,060 km4,387 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Malaysia Airlines, Saudia, Batik Air Malaysia7,066 km4,391 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · AirAsia X8,334 km5,179 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines8,389 km5,213 miAKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · Malaysia Airlines8,703 km5,408 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa9,998 km6,212 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM10,237 km6,361 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Malaysia Airlines10,442 km6,488 miALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie10,580 km6,574 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Malaysia Airlines, British Airways10,605 km6,590 miSeasonal7
HAKHaikou Meilan International AirportChina · Firefly2,134 km1,326 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Greater Bay Airlines2,543 km1,580 miCSXChangsha Huanghua International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines3,081 km1,914 miMLEVelana International AirportMaldives · Maldivian3,132 km1,946 miHFEHefei Xinqiao International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines3,622 km2,251 miCTSNew Chitose AirportJapan · AirAsia X5,953 km3,699 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · AirAsia X7,066 km4,391 miSeasonal charter5
KWLGuilin Liangjiang International AirportChina · Batik Air Malaysia2,653 km1,648 miKWEGuiyang Longdongbao International AirportChina · Batik Air Malaysia2,701 km1,678 miTXNHuangshan Tunxi International AirportChina · Batik Air Malaysia3,471 km2,157 miDSNOrdos Ejin Horo International AirportChina · Batik Air Malaysia4,168 km2,590 miDNHDunhuang Mogao International AirportChina · Batik Air Malaysia4,218 km2,621 miMost destinationsMalaysia Airlines 72AirAsia 72Batik Air Malaysia 57AirAsia X 19Firefly 12China Eastern Airlines 10
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KUL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Kuala Lumpur International Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
10 channelsA/DLUMPUR APP119.450
ATISLUMPUR ATIS FOR DEPARTURE126.450
CLDLUMPUR CLNC DEL126.000
GNDLUMPUR GND121.650
GNDLUMPUR GND122.275
TWRLUMPUR TWR 14L/32R118.800
TWRLUMPUR TWR 14R/32L118.500
TWRLUMPUR TWR RWY 15/33119.800
ATISLUMPUR ATIS FOR ARRIVALS128.050
DEPTLUMPUR DEPARTURE135.250