AirportsSultan Mahmud Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Kuala Terengganu, in Terengganu, Malaysia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TGG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TGG
- ICAO code
- WMKN
- City
- Kuala Terengganu
- State or region
- Terengganu
- Country
- Malaysia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 5.3826° N, 103.1030° E
- Elevation
- 6 m (21 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,480 m (11,417 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TGG means Sultan Mahmud Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: WMKN. 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 5.3826° N, 103.1030° E. It stands 6 metres (21 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
Sultan Mahmud Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,480 metres (11,417 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 29 airports of Malaysia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 7.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,480 m 11,417 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sultan Ismail Petra AirportKota Baharu | KBR | 125 km |
| Kuantan AirportKuantan | KUA | 179 km |
| Narathiwat AirportThailand | NAW | 197 km |
| Sultan Azlan Shah AirportIpoh | IPH | 241 km |
| Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International AirportSubang | SZB | 304 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,761 km | 5 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,612 km | 4 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,536 km | 7 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 10,467 km | 13 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,888 km | 18 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,841 km | 17 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 459 km | 1 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,031 km | 6 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 6,676 km | 8 h 35 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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