# Penang International Airport (PEN / WMKP)

**Penang International Airport** (IATA: PEN, ICAO: WMKP) is a large airport in Penang, Malaysia. It opened on 29 Sep 1935. It has one runway, 3,352 m (10,997 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Malaysia Airports. In 2021 it handled 541 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PEN / WMKP
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Malaysia Airports
- Serves: Penang, Malaysia
- Opened: 29 Sep 1935 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 3 m / 11 ft
- Coordinates: 5.2963, 100.2762
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,352 m / 10,997 ft
- Passengers: 540,636 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
- Website: https://airports.malaysiaairports.com.my/index.php/penang
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_International_Airport (28 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q669261
- Weather station: WMKP · WMO 48601
- Ident: WMKP

## Timeline

- 29 Sep 1935: Penang International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 3,352 m / 10,997 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 042° / 222° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 4,143,421 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 4,600,274 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 4,767,815 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 5,487,751 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 6,041,583 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 6,258,756 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 6,684,026 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 7,232,097 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 7,771,548 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 8,316,050 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,814,266 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 540,636 | Wikidata |

## Routes

33 destinations in 12 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (28)

- [LGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkl.md) Langkawi International Airport · Malaysia · 130 km / 81 mi · Firefly, AirAsia
- [KNO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wimm.md) Kualanamu International Airport · Indonesia · 241 km / 150 mi · Lion Air, Batik Air Malaysia, Indonesia AirAsia
- [KBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkc.md) Sultan Ismail Petra Airport · Malaysia · 243 km / 151 mi · Firefly
- [SZB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmsa.md) Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport · Malaysia · 279 km / 173 mi · Firefly, Batik Air Malaysia
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 325 km / 202 mi · Firefly, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 381 km / 237 mi · Firefly, AirAsia
- [BTJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/witt.md) Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport · Indonesia · 538 km / 334 mi · Firefly
- [JHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkj.md) Senai International Airport · Malaysia · 554 km / 344 mi · AirAsia
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 602 km / 374 mi · Scoot, AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia
- [BTH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/widd.md) Hang Nadim International Airport · Indonesia · 630 km / 391 mi · Batik Air Malaysia
- [SGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvts.md) Tan Son Nhat International Airport · Vietnam · 932 km / 579 mi · AirAsia
- [DMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbd.md) Don Mueang International Airport · Thailand · 959 km / 596 mi · Thai AirAsia, Thai Lion Air
- [KCH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbgg.md) Kuching International Airport · Malaysia · 1,196 km / 743 mi · AirAsia
- [CGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wiii.md) Soekarno-Hatta International Airport · Indonesia · 1,454 km / 903 mi · TransNusa Air Services, AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia, Indonesia AirAsia
- [BKI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbkk.md) Kota Kinabalu International Airport · Malaysia · 1,747 km / 1,086 mi · AirAsia
- [HAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zjhk.md) Haikou Meilan International Airport · China · 1,965 km / 1,221 mi · Hainan Airlines
- [SUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/warr.md) Juanda International Airport · Indonesia · 1,978 km / 1,229 mi · Indonesia AirAsia
- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 2,365 km / 1,470 mi · IndiGo
- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 2,394 km / 1,488 mi · HK Express, Cathay Pacific
- [SZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsz.md) Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · China · 2,414 km / 1,500 mi · Shenzhen Airlines
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 2,449 km / 1,522 mi · Spring Airlines
- [CKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuck.md) Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport · China · 2,796 km / 1,737 mi · Chongqing Airlines
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 2,816 km / 1,750 mi · Sichuan Airlines
- [XMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsam.md) Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport · China · 2,866 km / 1,781 mi · Xiamen Airlines
- [TPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rctp.md) Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport · Taiwan · 3,135 km / 1,948 mi · China Airlines
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 3,648 km / 2,267 mi · Spring Airlines, Juneyao Air, Shanghai Airlines
- [TAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsqd.md) Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport · China · 4,002 km / 2,487 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 5,267 km / 3,273 mi · flydubai

### Seasonal (2)

- [RDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmpr.md) LTS Pulau Redang Airport · Malaysia · 306 km / 190 mi · Berjaya Air
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 5,632 km / 3,500 mi · Qatar Airways

### Charter (4)

- [HAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zjhk.md) Haikou Meilan International Airport · China · 1,965 km / 1,221 mi · 9 Air
- [KMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zppp.md) Kunming Changshui International Airport · China · 2,221 km / 1,380 mi · Batik Air Malaysia
- [DYG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgdy.md) Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport · China · 2,855 km / 1,774 mi · Batik Air Malaysia
- [KIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjbb.md) Kansai International Airport · Japan · 4,838 km / 3,006 mi · Batik Air Malaysia

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- AK [AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airasia) · 9

### Passenger (26)

- OD [Batik Air Malaysia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/batik-air-malaysia) · 9
- FY [Firefly](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/firefly) · 6
- QZ [Indonesia AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indonesia-airasia) · 3
- 9C [Spring Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spring-airlines) · 2
- AQ [9 Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/9-air) · 1 · charter
- J8 [Berjaya Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/berjaya-air) · 1 · seasonal
- CX [Cathay Pacific](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cathay-pacific) · 1
- CI [China Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-airlines) · 1
- OQ [Chongqing Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chongqing-airlines) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- HU [Hainan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hainan-airlines) · 1
- UO [HK Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hk-express) · 1
- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 1
- HO [Juneyao Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/juneyao-air) · 1
- JT [Lion Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lion-air) · 1
- MH [Malaysia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/malaysia-airlines) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- QW [Qingdao Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qingdao-airlines) · 1
- TZ [Scoot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scoot) · 1
- FM [Shanghai Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/shanghai-airlines) · 1
- ZH [Shenzhen Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/shenzhen-airlines) · 1
- 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 1
- FD [Thai AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-airasia) · 1
- SL [Thai Lion Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-lion-air) · 1
- M8 [TransNusa Air Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transnusa-air-services) · 1
- MF [Xiamen Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/xiamen-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 541K (2021) | #1,082 of 3,974 | #342 in Asia | #6 in MY |
| Longest runway | 3,352 m / 10,997 ft | =672 of 29,858 | #201 in Asia | #8 in MY |
| Elevation | 3 m / 11 ft | =42,299 of 43,403 | =3,073 in Asia | =82 in MY |
| Age | Opened 1935 | =593 of 15,079 | =71 in Asia | #1 in MY |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =3 in MY |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.400 |
| GND | PENANG GROUND | 121.600 |
| TWR | PENANG TOWER | 121.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [BWH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkb.md) RMAF Butterworth Air Base · 23 km / 14 mi
- [AOR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmka.md) Sultan Abdul Halim Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [BTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/btz.md) Betong International Airport · 111 km / 69 mi
- [IPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmki.md) Sultan Azlan Shah Airport · 121 km / 75 mi
- [LGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkl.md) Langkawi International Airport · 130 km / 81 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: “Penang International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penang_International_Airport&oldid=1376035722), revision of 21 Sep 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/wmkp/data