WMKN
Sultan Mahmud Airport
VFR
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Name
Sultan Mahmud Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
WMKN / TGG / WMKN
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
9:56 pm (MST)
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Municipality
Kuala Terengganu
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Coordinates
5° 22′ 57″ N 103° 6′ 10″ E
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Elevation
21 ft (6 m MSL)
About Sultan Mahmud Airport
Sultan Mahmud Airport (IATA: TGG, ICAO: WMKN) is an airport in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. The airport serves Kuala Terengganu which is located 8 km (5.0 mi) away. In 2017, it handled 943,660 passengers with 11,485 aircraft movements. It was named after the 16th Sultan of Terengganu, Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, who ruled from 1979 to 1998.
The terminal was designed to handle 2 million passengers every year. Malaysia Airlines has agreed with Tabung Haji that it will also bring passengers to Mecca via Jeddah and Medina in Saudi Arabia.