Malacca International Airport

Malacca International Airport
Malacca Airport, Malacca
Lapangan Terbang Melaka
马六甲机场
New Malacca Airport.jpg
IATA: MKZICAO: WMKM
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Malaysia
Operator Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves Malacca & Northern Johor, West Malaysia
Location Batu Berendam, Malacca, West Malaysia
Elevation AMSL 35 ft / 11 m
Coordinates 02°15′48″N 102°15′05″E / 2.26333°N 102.25139°E / 2.26333; 102.25139
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,135 7,004 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passenger movements 21,687
Airfreight movements in tonnes 144
Aircraft movements 60,811
Source: official web site[1] and DAFIF[2][3]

Malacca Airport (IATA: MKZICAO: WMKM) (formerly known as Batu Berendam Airport is an airport located in Batu Berendam, Malacca in Malaysia. The Airport serves the city and the state of Melaka, as well as northern Johor.

The airport, which occupies 141 acres (0.57 km2) of land, was built in 1952.

The airport and particularly its control tower bears historical significance as it was the same tower which guided the plane of Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, to land from London on 20 February 1956. It was in Malacca that Tunku announced the date for the independence of then Malaya from the United Kingdom. Considering the historical nature of this control tower, the Chief Minister of Malacca, Mohd Ali Rustam is attempting to save the tower, by either relocating it, or by changing plans to incorporate the tower.[4]

Currently, the airport services Wings Air only, which operates flights from Pekanbaru 3 times per week.[5] Malacca has become a popular destination for health care and medical tourism from Indonesia, particularly Sumatera. This has greatly increased the passenger influx through the airport, with all three private hospitals in the city operating regular free shuttle-bus services to and from the airport.

The airport is also used as the base of the Malaysian flying academy (MFA), which has been operating out of the airport since 1987. In September 2005, AirAsia announced that it will make Batu Berendam Airport a destination once renovation work has been completed. It will be known as Melaka International Airport. ( recognized by Melaka state government )

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Melaka International Airport. ( recognized by Melaka state government )

The airport had an earth breaking ceremony on April 1, 2006, and is currently undergoing an upgrade, due to be completed by 29 April 2009. The runway is being upgraded from 1372 x 37 meters, to 2045 x 45 meters, allowing Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 aircraft to take off. The terminal complex is being replaced by a new 7,000 square-meter terminal equipped with international-standard amenities. The control tower is being replaced and complemented with advanced aeronautical devices. Both ends of the runway will contain facilities to guide night landing and better assure safety in bad weather conditions.

In March 2009, Mohd Ali Rustam announced that the runway extension will be completed by October 2009 after a loan of RM65 million was approved by the Federal Government.[6][7]

On May 2009, the new terminal was officially opened. The new terminal could handle 1.5 million passengers annually as opposed to the 30,000 of the old terminal. The airport was visited by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on February 2010. In his visit, he officially renamed the airport Malacca International Airport..

Airlines and Destinations

Airlines Destination Frequency
Wings Air Pekan Baru 3 times per week
Firefly Medan, Subang 2 times per week

Traffic and Statistics

Overall Operational Statistics
Years Passenger Movements Aircraft Movements Cargo Movements in Metric Tonnes Cargo Movements in Kilograms
2003 31,108 57,636 214 471
2004 46,692 70,369 602 1,327
2005 27,683 77,504 370 815
2006 18,509 74,880 146 321
2007 27,209 64,936 219 219,348
2008 23,751 60,512 179 178,618
2009 18,576 54,160 179 178,618
2010 21,687 60,811 144 144

References

  1. ^ Melaka Airport at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  2. ^ Airport information for WMKM at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  3. ^ Airport information for MKZ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
  4. ^ "Malacca CM in bid to save airport tower", The Star, 2007-08-30
  5. ^ "Air Asia di Melaka", "Mohd Ali Rustam's blog", 2008-08-28
  6. ^ "Melaka Airport Runway Extension To Complete By September", Bernama, 2009-03-10
  7. ^ "Firefly set to fly from Batu Berendam by September", The Sun, 2009-05-04

Gallery

Plan of the Layout of the new Terminal
A view of the entrance of the new terminal
View down the length of the whole terminal entrance

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