Sultan Abdul Halim Airport

Sultan Abdul Halim Airport Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Halim
IATA: AOR ICAO: WMKA
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Owner	Government of Malaysia
Operator	Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves	Kedah, and Perlis, Malaysia
Location	Kepala Batas, Kedah, Malaysia
Time zone	MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	06°11′40″N 100°24′03″E / 6.19444°N 100.40083°E / 6.19444; 100.40083Coordinates: 06°11′40″N 100°24′03″E / 6.19444°N 100.40083°E / 6.19444; 100.40083
Map
WMBT Location in West Malaysia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 2,745 9,006 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passenger 719,029 ( 8.9%) Airfreight (tonnes) 389 ( 69.0%) Aircraft movements 18,368 ( 5.8%)
Source: official web site AIP Malaysia

Passenger	719,029 ( 8.9%)
Airfreight (tonnes)	389 ( 69.0%)
Aircraft movements	18,368 ( 5.8%)

Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (IATA: AOR, ICAO: WMKA) is an airport that serves Alor Setar, a city in the state of Kedah in Malaysia.

The airport, located in Kepala Batas, is 15 km (9.3 mi) away from town, can handle up to 800,000 ppa. The new terminal is already operational by 5 May 2006 to cater for future traffic growth. The new terminal has the capacity to receive the Airbus 330 operations as the runway was extended from the previous 1,963 m × 45 m (6,440 ft × 148 ft) to 2,745 m × 45 m (9,006 ft × 148 ft). In 2009, the airport handled 421,314 passengers with 24,031 aircraft movements.

The Royal Malaysian Air Force training division is also co-located and uses the same runway as the airport.

This airport nearby Anak Bukit railway station within 5 to 8 minutes by taxi. This station are connected to main city and town in Kedah and Perlis like Alor Setar, Gurun, Sungai Petani, Kangar, Arau and Padang Besar.