Sultan Mahmud Airport is an
airport
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in
Kuala Nerus,
Terengganu
Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: ''Tranung'', formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu) is a sultanate and States and federal territories of Malaysia, federal state of Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, ''Dāru l-Iman (c ...
,
Malaysia
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. The airport serves
Kuala Terengganu
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which is located 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
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has agreed with Tabung Haji
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that it will also bring passengers to Mecca
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via Jeddah
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and Medina
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in Saudi Arabia
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.
History
The expansion of the airport was part of the twenty development projects planned by the Terengganu state government and the federal government in 1984, with the expansion itself costing RM 400 million.
By 1988, the airport already had modern facilities along with four other airports in Malaysia.
In late 1991, Pelangi Air began operating three-times-a-week direct flights from Seletar Airport
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in Singapore to the airport using a Fokker 50 aircraft.
In July 1992, the Terengganu state government applied to the federal government for the expansion of the airport costing RM34 million, which included the building of a new terminal building and the extension of the airport runway. The expansion was also considered by the state government in 1993 when it wanted to allow international airlines to fly direct to the east coast part of the peninsular.
In October 2007, the Malaysian government approved RM200 million to upgrade the airport. This includes funding to extend the runway and upgrade the terminal of the airport.
On October 11, 2008, a Malaysia Airlines
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Boeing 747-400
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from Kuala Lumpur
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landed there, the first Boeing 747
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to do so.
Airlines and destinations
Traffic and statistics
See also
*List of airlines of Malaysia
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Scheduled airlines
Charter Airlines
Cargo airlines
See also
* List of defunct airlines of Malaysia
* Airline codes, List of all ai ...
*List of airports in Malaysia
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Airports
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* List of the busiest airports in Malaysia
References
External links
Sultan Mahmud Airport, Kuala Terengganu
at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
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Sultan Mahmud Airport Real Time Flight Schedule
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Airports in Terengganu
Kuala Nerus District