Malacca International Airport

Malacca International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Melaka
Plan of the layout of the new Terminal
IATA: MKZ – ICAO: WMKM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Malaysia
Operator	Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves	Malacca, Peninsular Malaysia
Location	Batu Berendam, Malacca, Peninsular Malaysia
Time zone	MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	40 ft / 12 m
Coordinates
Map
WMKM Location in West Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 2,135 7,005 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passenger 14,178 ( 34.5%) Airfreight (tonnes) Aircraft movements 23,747 ( 35.8%)
Source: official web site AIP Malaysia

Malacca International Airport (IATA: MKZ, ICAO: 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 Malacca, as well as northern Johor.

History

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.

Between 2008 and 2014, the airport was served by Sky Aviation which operated flights from Pekanbaru 5 times per week. Flights ceased in 2014 when Sky Aviation suspended all operations.

The airport is also used as the base of the Malaysian Flying Academy (MFA), which has been operating out of the airport since 1987.

New terminal entrance

New terminal

Construction of a new terminal started on 1 April 2006. The runway was upgraded from 1,372 m × 37 m (4,501 ft × 121 ft), to 2,045 m × 45 m (6,709 ft × 148 ft) and is now 2,135 m × 45 m (7,005 ft × 148 ft), allowing Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 aircraft to take off. The terminal complex was replaced by a new 7,000 m² (75,000 sq ft) terminal equipped with international-standard amenities. The control tower was replaced and complemented with advanced aeronautical devices. Both ends of the runway now contain facilities to guide night landing and better assure safety in bad weather conditions.

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	Destinations
Malindo Air	Pekanbaru, Penang

Traffic and statistics

Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics

Year	Passengers handled	Passenger % change	Cargo (tonnes)	Cargo % change	Aircraft movements	Aircraft % change
2003	31,108		214		57,636
2004	46,692	50.1	602	181.3	70,369	22.1
2005	27,683	40.7	370	38.5	77,504	10.1
2006	18,509	33.1	146	60.5	74,888	3.4
2007	27,209	47.0	219	50.0	64,936	13.3
2008	23,751	12.7	179	18.3	60,512	6.8
2009	18,576	21.8	127	29.0	54,160	10.5
2010	21,687	16.7	144	13.4	60,811	12.3
2011	21,322	1.7	139	3.5	53,702	11.7
2012	34,355	61.1	195	40.3	48,881	9.0
2013	21,637	37.0	0	100	36,978	24.4
2014	14,178	34.5	0		23,747	35.8

View down the length of the whole terminal entrance

See also

• List of airlines of Malaysia
• List of airports in Malaysia
• Busiest airports in Malaysia

External links

• List of International Airports in Malaysia as Recognized by Malaysia Airport Holdings Berhad
• Current weather for WMKM at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for MKZ at Aviation Safety Network
• EZineer – A forum with regular updates on Expansion work progress
• Batu Berendam Airport, Malacca at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
• [1] Melaka Air can fly only after it obtains mandatory licences
• Sky Aviation Launches Pekanbaru-Melaka Service
• Sky Aviation Flight Schedule
• Firefly Flight Schedule