Kuching International Airport

Kuching International Airport

*Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching*
Kuching International Airport; Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching
	IATA: KCH; ICAO: WBGG;
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Owner	Khazanah Nasional
Operator	Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Serves	Kuching Metropolitan Area (also Kuching Division, Samarahan Division & Serian Division of Sarawak, Malaysia)
Location	Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Opened	26 September 1950
Hub for	MASwings
Focus city for	Firefly
Operating base for	AirAsia
Time zone	MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	89 ft / 27 m
Coordinates	01°29′13.5″N 110°20′30.9″E / 1.487083°N 110.341917°E
Map
	KCH /WBGG Location in Sarawak state KCH /WBGG Location in East Malaysia KCH /WBGG Location in Borneo KCH /WBGG Location in Malaysia KCH /WBGG Location in Southeast Asia
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Passenger
Passenger	5,327,787 ( 18.5%)
Airfreight (tonnes)	43,606 ( 12.7%)
Aircraft movements	45,598 ( 4.9%)
	Source: official web site; AIP Malaysia

Kuching International Airport (KIA) (IATA: KCH, ICAO: WBGG) is an international airport serving the entire southwestern region of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is located 11 km (6.8 mi)^[2] south of Kuching city centre. The airport is colocated with the RMAF Kuching, home to the No. 7 Squadron RMAF.^[3]

The airport terminal is capable of handling five million passengers per annum and it is the fourth busiest airport in Malaysia. KIA has grown rapidly with an increasing number of passengers and aircraft movement. In 2023, KIA handled 5,327,787 passengers with a corresponding volume of 45,598 flights. In the same year, 43,606 metric tonnes of cargo were handled through this facility.

KIA is the operating base for AirAsia and has been growing rapidly to tackle the demand of the travellers in the Sarawak region.

^ [1] Archived 2018-10-10 at the Wayback Machine at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
^ ^a ^b WBGG – KUCHING INTERNATIONAL at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
^ "Pangkalan Udara Kuching" [Kuching Airbase] (in Malay). Royal Malaysian Air Force. Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-09-30.

[Kuching_International_Airport-1] [1] Archived 2018-10-10 at the Wayback Machine at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad

[AIP-2] WBGG – KUCHING INTERNATIONAL at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia

[RMAF_Kuching-3] "Pangkalan Udara Kuching" [Kuching Airbase] (in Malay). Royal Malaysian Air Force. Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-09-30.

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