Penang International Airport

Penang International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Pulau Pinang
IATA: PEN ICAO: WMKP WMO: 48601
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Malaysia Airports
Serves	George Town Conurbation
Location	Bayan Lepas, George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Opened	1935; 89 years ago (1935)
Hub for	Firefly
Operating base for	AirAsia
Time zone	MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	3 m / 11 ft
Coordinates	05°17′49.7″N 100°16′36.71″E / 5.297139°N 100.2768639°E / 5.297139; 100.2768639
Website	airports.malaysiaairports.com.my/penang
Map
PEN/WMKP Location in George Town Show map of Central George Town, Penang PEN/WMKP Location in West Malaysia Show map of Peninsular Malaysia PEN/WMKP Location in Malaysia Show map of Malaysia PEN/WMKP Location in Southeast Asia Show map of Southeast Asia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 3,354 11,004 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passenger 6,789,712 ( 58.6%) Airfreight (tonnes) 119,919 ( 26.0%) Aircraft movements 62,145 ( 26.7%)

Penang International Airport (PIA) (IATA: PEN, ICAO: WMKP) is an international airport in George Town, the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang. The airport is located at the southeastern tip of Penang Island, 16 km (9.9 mi) south of the city centre, and serves the country's second largest conurbation.^[1]

As the main gateway into northwestern Malaysia, PIA is the third busiest airport in Malaysia in terms of passenger traffic, recording nearly 6.8 million tourist arrivals in 2023 alone.^[2] It is also the second busiest in the country by cargo handled and the highest in terms of export value, with RM365 billion in exports in 2023.^[3] Additionally, the airport is the main hub for local budget airline Firefly and one of AirAsia's operating bases.^[4]