Kuching International Airport
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Kuching International Airport is the both civilian and military use airport in the city of Kuching in the Malaysian state of Sarawak on Borneo.
Built in 1962 a British military division an airfield at the present airport site.
Today, the airport is numerically the second largest airport in Malaysia; behind the Kuala Lumpur International Airport to the capital Kuala Lumpur. The airport has among other things a single take-off and landing strip and a modern passenger terminal building.
On 1 March 2006 we completed the largest parts of an overhaul and expansion of the airport, which included, among other things, the construction of a new terminal building and the expansion of the taxiways and runway system. The runway extension to 3750 m expected to be completed in 2007.
In addition to a dense regional route network KIA also has international routes to Singapore and China. Main airline on the ground is the Malaysian budget airline AirAsia.
Airport grounds
The airport site covers an area of about 190 ha along the only 2.5km long airstrip in East-West direction.
North of the runway runs parallel taxiway ( taxiway ) to a length of 1800 m. This railway is connected with three on and Abrollwegen with the slopes. Both the start and runway and the runway will be extended to 3750 m in length at the time and can after completion of construction of the Airbus A380, the largest passenger airliner in the world, be traveled.
The current passenger terminal building is located on the same site as the former passenger terminal, north of the runway. Before that there is a 55,000 -square-foot apron. It offers around 15 aircraft of various sizes court. The air traffic control and the control tower (Tower) are east of the passenger building settled.
Maintenance hangars are both west of the passenger building, and south of the runway. The majority of the resorts south of the airstrip used the Malaysian Air Force, which operates an airbase in Kuching.
Passenger terminal building
The new, modern passenger terminal building was officially opened by the Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on 17 April 2006.
The three-storey passenger terminal is divided into an international and a national level and consists of a main terminal building and a directly connected, upstream pier building. The pier building can be further in a one-story and split a two storey wing.
At the lowest level are the facilities of the baggage claim, customs controls and the arrival hall, together with access road. The floor above is the main level of the Piergebäudes dar. Here are the gates to the waiting lounges for passengers. In the main terminal building, the airline offices are located in this plane. In the third floor there are facilities for departing passengers, including two groups and check- in counters and immigration desk.
Similar to the main terminal building in Kuala Lumpur can be the passenger terminal in Kuching easily expanded by adding further building units.
Nine gates are equipped with passenger boarding bridges, three of which have two passenger bridges and gate is 9 even for the dispatch of the world's largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380, is designed. This Kuching is named after the capital Kuala Lumpur International Airport is the second airport in Malaysia, which is designed for aircraft in this size.
Four parking locations are also designed for propeller aircraft. Currently, however, this only uses the low cost airline AirAsia, to save costs. The airport charges for aircraft of this airline are therefore lower, since no passenger boarding bridges are used and the gates are removed from the main terminal building furthest. The Regional machines are handled at parking positions for single-aisle aircraft at the time.
The building structure and architecture is strongly oriented at the Kuala Lumpur airport. Thus, the roof structure over the approach road is for example almost identical to the Capital Airport. Unlike the old terminal building you will find local design elements of the Orang Asli peoples (indigenous people ) only in the casing of the check- in desk again as the previous building was guided by the architecture of the Orang Asli.
Airlines
Kuching is the zweitgeschäftigste airport in Malaysia, which is why he is approached both by numerous Malaysian airlines and some foreign airlines.
The Sarawak government strives continuously to new connections. It is mainly sought for new international flights after the state carrier Malaysia Airlines long-haul flights among others ceased to Frankfurt, Sydney and Perth. With the Singapore Tiger Airways and the announcement of AirAsias routes to Bangkok, Jakarta and Macau these efforts bear fruit.
Maybe the end of 2007 will offer ex Kuching AirAsias subsidiary AirAsiaeXpress long-haul flights (Guangzhou, Taipei).
Accidents / incidents
In the last ten years, the airport came because of several incidents frequently in the headlines.