Miri International Airport
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Miri Airport Lapangan Terbang Miri | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Miri, Sarawak | ||||||||||
| Location | Miri, Sarawak | ||||||||||
| Hub for | MASwings, Awan Inspirasi | ||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 59 ft / 18 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 04°19′31″N 113°59′18″E / 4.32528°N 113.98833°ECoordinates: 04°19′31″N 113°59′18″E / 4.32528°N 113.98833°E | ||||||||||
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Location in East Malaysia
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0.6%)Miri Airport (IATA: MYY, ICAO: WBGR) is an airport located 9.5 km (5.9 mi) south east of Miri, a city in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The airport is the sixth-busiest airport in Malaysia, and the second-busiest in Sarawak.
Miri Airport is a major hub for MASWings which took over most of the mainly rural domestic services from FlyAsianXpress. The location in the middle of Malaysian Borneo and close to the border of Brunei makes it a suitable hub for rural air services and an important gateway to Sarawak. In 2014, Miri Airport is the sixth-busiest airport in terms of aircraft movements and the sixth-busiest in terms of passengers handled, there were 2,363,080 passenger movements, and 49,204 aircraft movements in the airport.
Miri Airport used to be the second largest airport in Sarawak, after Kuching International Airport. However, the position was overtaken by Sibu Airport in July 2012 after the upgrading and expansion of Sibu Airport's terminal. Miri Airport is not recognised by Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Malaysia and Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) as an international airport despite having scheduled international flights daily.
As the population of Miri Town grew, the need for a larger airport forced the government to search for a new site to relieve the traffic at Lutong Airport. A site to the south-east of the town centre was selected. Miri Airport was fully functional post-1980s.
Situated in Jalan Airport, Miri Airport is 9.5 km (5.9 mi) south-east of Miri's city centre. Miri Airport is the busiest domestic airport in Malaysia in terms of passenger and aircraft movement. The airport has a terminal which can accommodate up to 2 million passengers annually.
The two-storey terminal building is able to handle up to 2 million passengers per annum. The terminal has been operating beyond its designed limits since 2012. There are a total of 15 check-in counters, of which six are Malaysia Airlines/MASwings check-in counters and four are for AirAsia. There are also Malaysia Airlines/MASwings and AirAsia self check-in kiosks, located near the side entrance of the airport. The terminal is equipped with a total of three conveyor belts in the baggage reclaim hall.
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