Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport
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The Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, formerly known as Subang Airport, is an airport located in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia. He served from August 30, 1965, the capital city as the hub, until 27 June 1998, the Kuala Lumpur International Airport much larger, new airport, which is about 40 km to the south is located in Sepang, began operations.
Today the airfield is mainly used for general aviation, business aviation so. Only Berjaya Air and Firefly offer scheduled flights.
History
On August 30, 1965, the airport was opened. At that time, he had the longest airstrip in the whole of South -East Asia. Three passenger terminals ( Terminals 1, 2, 3) are in the 90s already on the airport grounds east of Kuala Lumpur. Terminal 1 is used for handling international flights. Passengers of the Kuala Lumpur - Singapore shuttles use the Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 is used for the handling of domestic flights. In his final years of operation suffered the passenger terminal under two major fires, which covered the buildings affected and outsourcing of flights to other airports had the consequence. In the last full year of operation, there were at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport 15.8 million passengers.
The Malaysian budget airline Air Asia, the very first in Asia, had contemplated in 2004 to expand the airport in Subang into a hub for low-cost. However, this was rejected by the affected residents. The current government plans provide for the construction of a conference center on the airport grounds.
The only scheduled airline site is Berjaya Air, which mainly flies to tourist destinations in turboprop aircraft. In addition, several charter airlines and flight schools are still located at the airport.
Airport grounds
The airport area extends to about 500 acres in north-south direction along the single airstrip. In the south, bordering residential areas of the city of Shah Alam, north of the city Kepong Cubitt Forrest Village and east of the city of Subang.
Most airport facilities are located east of the runway and the taxiway running parallel. There are ten to and taxiway to the runway. All former passenger terminal located east of the runway and in the southern sector of the airport. Only the terminal 3, the domestic terminal building is partly in operation and annually produces from about 80,000 passengers. The southernmost terminal building, the former international terminal was demolished along with the run. The airport area possession in the southern part of three km, the largest width. There are on the western side of military facilities and hangars on the eastern edge of the national carrier Malaysia Airlines, which wants to replace these hangars gradually replaced by new facilities at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang. The main access road hugs, coming from the southeast, at the airport grounds and crosses beneath an aircraft bridge that leads to the eastern part of the site.
The still in use Terminal 3 is located at half the length of the airport area, east of the runway. It consists of two buildings, where there are check- in counters and baggage claim areas. The second is surrounded by the run-up area and is home to the boarding gates.