Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah |
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Exterior view of the newly refurbished Subang skypark terminal from the pavement
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
Operator | Subang Skypark Sdn Bhd | ||||||||||
Serves | Klang Valley, West Malaysia | ||||||||||
Location | Subang, Selangor, Malaysia | ||||||||||
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Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 89 ft / 27 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 03°07′52″N 101°32′53″E / 3.13111°N 101.54806°ECoordinates: 03°07′52″N 101°32′53″E / 3.13111°N 101.54806°E | ||||||||||
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Location in West Malaysia | |||||||||||
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Statistics (2015) | |||||||||||
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Source: official web site
AIP Malaysia |
Passenger | 3,059,144 ( 10.7%) |
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Airfreight (tonnes) | 31,357 ( 11.5%) |
Aircraft movements | 95,845 ( 4.7%) |
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (Malay: Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, LTSAAS, (IATA: SZB, ICAO: WMSA) (formerly Subang International Airport/Kuala Lumpur International Airport), often called Subang Airport or Subang Skypark, is an airport located in Subang, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia.
Subang International Airport served as Kuala Lumpur's main airport from 1965 to 1998, before the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang was opened. Although plans existed to convert the airport into a low-cost carrier hub, the change was opposed by Subang Jaya residents. The airport was repurposed to serve general aviation as well as turboprop domestic and international flights. In 1996, the airport was renamed after Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj (Salahuddin of Selangor), the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and eighth Sultan of Selangor.
Subang Airport is currently the hub for Firefly and Malindo Air commercial turboprop services. Transmile Air Services is the only other non-passenger non-turbo prop aircraft landing and utilising Subang Airport Terminal 2. While heavily opposed by Ara Damansara residents of the noise of the jet engines, Raya Airways still operates out of SZB servicing DHL and other local hubs.