Airport details

Kuantan Airport

Kuantan, Malaysia Asia

IATA KUA ICAO WMKD 1 runways
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Airport information

Dataset record
IATA
KUA
ICAO
WMKD
Elevation
58 ft / 18 m
Runways
1
Longest runway
9,200 ft / 2,804 m
Main surface
Asphalt
Timezone
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
Coordinates
3.7753899097443, 103.20899963379

Location

OpenStreetMap

Weather snapshot

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur · Updated Sat 7 Nov, 10:45

Open-Meteo

Light drizzle now, with temperatures around 24°C to 29°C (75°F to 83°F) today and up to 78% rain risk.

Current
Light drizzle
Temperature
27°C
80°F
Humidity
86%
Wind
2 km/h 1 mph
Local time
10:48
Sunrise
06:51
Sunset
18:49

Today

Showers

24°C to 29°C 75°F to 83°F

Rain 78%
Wind 8 km/h 5 mph

Sun

Thunderstorm

23°C to 30°C 74°F to 86°F

Rain 94%
Wind 14 km/h 8 mph

Mon

Heavy showers

23°C to 29°C 73°F to 84°F

Rain 92%
Wind 12 km/h 8 mph

Airline service

Routes dataset

  • Malaysia Airlines 6 routes
  • Firefly 4 routes

* Based on open route data and may be incomplete or outdated.

About

From Wikipedia

Kuantan Airport

RMAF Kuantan(Malay:TUDM Kuantan) is an airbase of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (Malay:Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia). It is located in Kuantan, Pahang in Peninsular Malaysia. It shares the runway and other facilities with Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport.

Kuantan began life asRAF Kuantan.

The following squadrons were here at some point:

RMAF Kuantan was established on 24 June 1968. Its early squadrons consisted of No. 3 Squadron and No. 9 Squadron that flew Canadair CL-41GTebuanjet trainers. In 1985 the CL-41G Tebuans were replaced by Douglas A-4 Skyhawks and BAE Systems Hawks. In 1995, the RMAF received Russian-made Mikoyan MiG-29s, which are based at Kuantan and operated by No. 17 Squadron and No. 19 Squadron. Other than being a base for fixed-wing aircraft, RMAF Kuantan is also a base for helicopters such as the Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King and Eurocopter EC725. The ATSC MiG Technical Centre, which is the company responsible for providing maintenance for the Mikoyan MiG-29s, is also located o...

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Kuantan Airport

Country

Malaysia

Official name
Malaysia

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