Pangkor Airport
Pangkor Airport Lapangan Terbang Pangkor | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Pangkor, Perak, Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Location | Pangkor Island, Perak, West Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 19 ft (5.8 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 04°14′41″N 100°33′12″E / 4.24472°N 100.55333°E | ||||||||||
| Maps | |||||||||||
 Perak State in Malaysia | |||||||||||
  PKG /WMPA  PKG /WMPA PKG /WMPA (Peninsular Malaysia)  PKG /WMPA PKG /WMPA (Malaysia)  PKG /WMPA PKG /WMPA (Southeast Asia)  PKG /WMPA PKG /WMPA (Asia) | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Statistics (2012) | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Source: AIP Malaysia[2] | |||||||||||
Pangkor Airport (IATA: PKG, ICAO: WMPA) is an airport on Pangkor Island, Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia.
The airport is complemented by Sitiawan Airport located in the mainland.
History
In 1970, the Perak state government studied a site for an airstrip, located near the government rest house at Pasir Bogak. The 2,500 feet (760 m) airstrip would be used by light aircraft and helicopters.[3]
Plans to construct the airport – then only an airstrip – were announced in 1984.[4]
The airport was expected to be completed in July 1992,[5] but was delayed to January 1993.[6]
Technical defects on the airstrip were discovered in May 1993, delaying the airport's opening to June. At that time, the airstrip could only fit the 12-seater Dornier and Twin Otter.[6]
Traffic and statistics
Year |
Passengers handled |
Passenger % Change |
Aircraft Movements |
Aircraft % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6,095 |  | 657 | |
| 2004 | 10,247 |  68.1 | 698 | 6.2 |
| 2005 | 11,193 | 9.2 | 752 | 7.7 |
| 2006 | 9,866 |  11.9 | 541 | 28.1 |
| 2007 | 8,906 | 9.7 | 589 | 8.9 |
| 2008 | 8,132 | 8.7 | 545 | 7.5 |
| 2009 | 7,617 | 6.3 | 502 | 7.9 |
| 2010 | 2,588 | 66.0 | 174 | 65.3 |
| 2011 | 547 | 78.9 | 32 | 81.6 |
| 2012 | 4,068 | 643.7 | 324 | 912.5 |
| Rank | Destinations | Frequency (Weekly)| |
|---|
See also
References
- ↑ "Airport information for PKG" – via Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ AIP Malaysia: Index to Aerodromes at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
- ↑ "$2 mil plan to turn Pangkor, Lumut into holiday centres". The Straits Times. 19 October 1970. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ↑ "Airstrip on Pangkor to boost tourism". The Straits Times. 2 October 1984. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ↑ "Tradewinds, Pelangi Air to fly direct to Pangkor". The Straits Times. 22 February 1992. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- 1 2 "Airstrip on Pangkor held up by 'technical defects'". The Straits Times. 17 May 1993. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ↑ "MAHB Annual Report 2012" (PDF). MAHB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pangkor Airport.
- Short Take-Off and Landing Airports (STOL) Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- Aviation Photos: Pangkor Island (PKG / WMPA) at Airliners.net
- Accident history for PKG at Aviation Safety Network