Did you know that as of this year, KLIA is now the largest airport in the world and was the fastest growing major airport in Asia Pacific, reflected through its 19% growth in passenger movement last year?
KLIA is also the 11th busiest airport in the world and is ahead of London's Gatwick, Tokyo's Narita airport, Germany's Munich Airport and New York's JFK airport.
Last year 2013, KLIA handled 47.5 million passengers - 360% more than the 13.2 million passengers that KLIA had in its first full year of operations in 1999.
KLIA officially has three terminals:
- The Main terminal building and contact pier
- Satellite terminal A
- KLIA2 - the low-cost carrier terminal (which is also the world's largest LCC airport).
Yes. Technically, KLIA2 is considered as another terminal of KLIA although it is 2km away as it carries the same IATA airport code of "KUL" as KLIA.
KLIA also has another virtual extension called the Kuala Lumpur City Air Terminal or KL CAT located at KL Sentral where city check-in services are provided. KL City Air Terminal is recognised by International Air Transport Association which carries IATA designation XKL
The growing passenger and air traffic reflects the increasing affluence of Malaysians and the importance of Malaysia as a source and destination for business and tourism.
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