AirportsKuantan Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Kuantan, in Pahang, Malaysia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KUA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KUA
- ICAO code
- WMKD
- City
- Kuantan
- State or region
- Pahang
- Country
- Malaysia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 3.7754° N, 103.2090° E
- Elevation
- 18 m (58 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,804 m (9,200 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KUA means Kuantan Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: WMKD. ICAO codes that begin with W belong to Indonesia, Malaysia and nearby island countries. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 3.7754° N, 103.2090° E. It stands 18 metres (58 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Kuala Lumpur, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Kuantan Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,804 metres (9,200 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 29 airports of Malaysia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 9.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,804 m 9,200 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tioman AirportTioman Island | TOD | 150 km |
| Sultan Mahmud AirportKuala Terengganu | TGG | 179 km |
| Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International AirportSubang | SZB | 198 km |
| Malacca International AirportMalacca | MKZ | 199 km |
| Kuala Lumpur International AirportSepang | KUL | 202 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,900 km | 5 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,708 km | 5 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,634 km | 7 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 10,616 km | 13 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 15,067 km | 18 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,966 km | 17 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 283 km | 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,154 km | 6 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 6,543 km | 8 h 25 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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