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Pengkalan Chepa Airport
Airport Directory » Malaysia » Kota Bharu » Pengkalan Chepa AirportAirport information for Pengkalan Chepa AirportCountry: MalaysiaLocation: Kota Bharu Coordinates: 06.10.00N / 102.18.00E IATA Code: KBR Timezone: GMT +8 Direct flights form Pengkalan Chepa Airport Direct flights to Pengkalan Chepa Airport Find connecting flights to Pengkalan Chepa Airport Find connecting flights from Pengkalan Chepa Airport |
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Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (IATA: KBR, ICAO: WMKC) is an airport that assists Kota Bharu, a town in the province of Kelantan in Malaysia. Opened in September 2002, the new 12,000 m² airport depot with 3 aircraft stand up, 3 aerobridges is able to deal 1.4 million riders. The new depot is fit out with installations and services to provide to the increasing influx of holidaymakers to Kelantan. In 2005, the airport dealt 635,397 riders, with 8,765 aircraft motilities.
History
This airport is a former RAF ground (RAF Kota Bharu) and the scene of the 1st Japanese districting in Malaya in December 1941.
After yr being a RAF ground, a new rider depot constructed which now it was the old depot. Then, in 2002, a new depot made to provide more riders. In October 2008, the authority desires the landing track to be continue to 2.4 klicks. The ground was stated that an aircraft is able to district safely on the new landing track (if it constructed) even in real bad weather condition.
In 3rd one-fourth of 2008, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad has made a new depot, a new apron, aircraft parkland embayment, and taxi strip maintaining point C to provide for the rapid turning of Asia Pacific Flight Training flying school. The school which antecedently part the apron with MHS has currently locomoted its fleet to the new apron and directing area tie taxi strip maintaining point C.
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