AviatDataLangkawi International Airport LGK / WMKL
Langkawi, Kedah · Malaysia · Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), majority state-linked via Khazanah Nasional; air traffic control and AIS provided by the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM)
2.5Mpax · 2024
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas (drum only)
ICAO / IATAWMKL / LGK
OperatorMalaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), majority state-linked via Khazanah Nasional; air traffic control and AIS provided by the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM)
Coordinates6.3333°N, 99.7333°E
Elevation29 ft · 9 m
Time zoneMYT (UTC+8, no DST)
Passengers / yr2,547,358 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas (drum only)
Bonded—
AIP referenceWMKL — AIP Malaysia AD 2.WMKL (Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia)
Operating hoursTower/ATS 2300-1500 UTC daily (0700-2300 MYT); MET office H24; customs and immigration available during scheduled flights and on request; ops outside published hours need 8 hours' PPR notice to MAHB and CAAM; runway flown uni-directionally for hilly terrain — takeoff RWY 21, landing RWY 03 only.
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal expanded in 2018 to about 4 million passengers/year capacity, with 30 check-in counters and 18 immigration counters; apron boarding, no jet bridges.
Runways (1)
- 03/21 · 3,810 m / 12,500 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS ILS CAT I (RWY 03 approach only; RWY 21 has no ILS)
Airport contact
Malaysia's duty-free island gateway and a top domestic leisure route (Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor Bahru) with a thinner international layer — Singapore (AirAsia/Scoot via Changi), Dubai (flydubai), Bengaluru (IndiGo) and a seasonal Warsaw charter (LOT). The single 3,810m runway is flown uni-directionally around the island's hilly terrain: landing only on RWY 03 (CAT I ILS, PAPI, 610m displaced threshold) and takeoff only on RWY 21 (no ILS). MAHB reported 2,547,358 passengers in 2024 (+1.7% YoY vs 2023's 2,503,901), ranking Langkawi Malaysia's 6th-busiest airport; tower/ATS hours are 0700-2300 MYT, not H24. Langkawi also hosts the biennial LIMA (Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition) airshow.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 3 providers
Pos Aviation Sdn Bhd
Passenger, baggage and ramp handling for scheduled carriers at Langkawi International Airport; Pos Aviation's own site lists Langkawi first among the 10 Malaysian airports it operates at (with KLIA, Penang, Subang, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Kuantan, Tawau, Kelantan, Miri). Station-specific phone not published; corporate Ground Handling desk ••• (24hr Duty Manager •••).
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AeroDarat Services Sdn Bhd (Malaysia Aviation Group)
Malaysia Aviation Group's ground handler (formerly MAB Ground Handling) with a published presence of 20 stations across Malaysia and 40+ airline customers; AIP Malaysia AD 2.WMKL lists handling at Langkawi by 'Malaysia Airlines' 2330-1500 UTC, i.e. the MH/Firefly self-handling operation now run by AeroDarat. The company's own site names Langkawi directly as the official ground handler for the LIMA airshow since 1991. Passenger, baggage, ramp, marshalling and load control; station phone not published — HQ is the Flight Management Building, KLIA (office Mon-Fri 0830-1730). · 2330-1500 UTC (0730-2300 MYT) per AIP AD 2.WMKL
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Ground Team Red Sdn Bhd (GTR)
SATS-AirAsia joint venture (operations since 1 November 2017, successor to AirAsia's decade of self-handling in Malaysia) offering guest, baggage, ramp, load control and flight operations (flight-plan filing, landing permit and slot application). The company site states 17 airport locations in Malaysia but names none; AirAsia is Langkawi's largest carrier (KUL, PEN, JHB, SIN), so GTR is the presumptive handler for the AirAsia group at LGK, recorded as unconfirmed rather than transplanted. ISAGO, CAAM, ISO 9001, TAPA APAC and CEIV Pharma accredited. No phone or email published — web form only; HQ Lot PT26, Jalan KLIA S3, Sepang.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available · 2 providers
Aero Global Fuels Sdn Bhd (BCS Aviation)
Jet A-1 into-plane fuel agent; third-party supplier listings describe Aero Global Fuels (formerly BCS Contract & Supply Services Sdn Bhd, trading as BCS Aviation) as operating at Langkawi alongside Subang, Melaka, Kuantan, KLIA, Terengganu, Kelantan and Ipoh, licensed under the Petroleum Development Act with CAAM and KPDNHEP approval. Independently re-checked against the company's own site, which carries no airport/location list at all (only a head-office address), so Langkawi coverage remains unconfirmed rather than verified.
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PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad (PETRONAS Aviation)
Sole fuelling agent named in AIP Malaysia AD 2.WMKL: 'Fuelling PETRONAS 2300-1400 UTC and upon request, contact •••'; refuelling by bowsers with 18,300 litres Jet A-1 capacity (Jet A-1 only), Avgas and after-1400 UTC uplift on request via the same number. PETRONAS Dagangan's own aviation sales page lists Langkawi International Airport (LGK/WMKL) among its 12 Malaysian refuelling-operations airports with two Langkawi superintendents on ••• and •••; corporate aviation desk ••• (KL sales team +603 lines). · 2300-1400 UTC (0700-2200 MYT); after-hours on request
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Unconfirmed · 2 providers
Pos Aviation Sdn Bhd
Pos Aviation's Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering division provides line maintenance and technical assistance across its network, but its site (checked across the line-maintenance, technical-assistance, engineering-support and engineering-operation-centre pages) names no specific stations and does not mention Langkawi; the 10-airport list confirmed for ground handling/cargo/catering is not shown to extend to engineering. Corporate Engineering Services desk ••• (24hr Duty Executive) exists but LGK coverage for this service line is unconfirmed rather than group-level-transferred.
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Asia Digital Engineering Sdn Bhd (ADE)
AirAsia group's Part-145 MRO (RedQ, KLIA2) states 'certified line maintenance across more than 20 airports in Southeast Asia' with initial coverage 'catering for every major airport in Malaysia', but publishes no station list and does not name Langkawi. AIP AD 2.WMKL lists repair facilities for visiting aircraft as NIL, so any ADE presence at LGK serves AirAsia group turnarounds; third-party support would be AOG dispatch from KUL (rescue team deployment within 2 hours claimed). Component AOG desk •••.
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Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
Pos Aviation Sdn Bhd
Inflight catering listed among Pos Aviation's core services at its confirmed Langkawi station; corporate Inflight Catering desk ••• (24hr Dispatch Officer). Station-specific kitchen address unconfirmed.
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Aircraft cleaning
Available · 2 providers
Pos Aviation Sdn Bhd
Pre-departure aircraft interior cleaning and dressing is listed under Pos Aviation's Aircraft Handling service, part of its confirmed ground-handling operation at LGK. A separate water/lavatory-servicing line appears only on the company's general Engineering Support Services page, which does not name any specific station, so lavatory/water servicing at LGK specifically is unconfirmed.
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AeroDarat Services Sdn Bhd (Malaysia Aviation Group)
Aircraft interior cleaning plus water and lavatory servicing are listed under AeroDarat's Ramp Services network-wide; per-station scope at LGK is not itemised.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Available · 2 providers
Pos Aviation Sdn Bhd
Ground Service Equipment is referenced generically on Pos Aviation's Aircraft Handling page as part of its core ground-handling service, confirmed at LGK as one of the company's 10 Malaysian stations. The site does not itemise pushback/towing units by station, so equipment scope beyond generic ramp GSE is unconfirmed.
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AeroDarat Services Sdn Bhd (Malaysia Aviation Group)
Ramp Services list GPU, air-conditioning unit, potable water, lavatory service, headset communication, marshalling, remote-bay crew/passenger transport and cargo towing; GSE is maintained in-house 'at KLIA and domestic airports across Malaysia'. Equipment is not itemised per station.
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Cargo handling
Available · 3 providers
Pos Aviation Sdn Bhd
Import/export, transhipment, express, break-bulk, special and halal cargo handling listed among Pos Aviation's core service lines and applied across its confirmed Langkawi station; corporate Cargo desk ••• (24hr Duty Officer).
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AeroDarat Services Sdn Bhd (Malaysia Aviation Group)
AIP AD 2.WMKL names 'Malaysia Airlines' as Langkawi's cargo-handling facility and AeroDarat lists special/high-value cargo handling and ramp cargo loading/towing, but the company does not publish whether the LGK cargo desk sits with AeroDarat or with MAB Kargo (MASkargo), whose site is fetch-blocked.
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Ground Team Red Sdn Bhd (GTR)
Cargo Services (incl. AWB tracking, CEIV Pharma) offered network-wide across GTR's 17 unnamed Malaysian stations; Langkawi coverage not published.
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Aviation security
Unconfirmed
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB)
MAHB is the confirmed airport operator at LGK and, per its own careers listings, directly employs Aviation Security (AVSEC) staff who inspect, monitor and screen passengers as standard practice across the airports it operates (confirmed postings cite Sepang, Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, Lahad Datu). No source names Langkawi specifically for self-provided AVSEC, so this is recorded as the group-wide operating model rather than an LGK-specific citation.
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Passenger & crew transport
Available
Mayflower Car Rental Sdn Bhd
Langkawi branch opened 1989 per the company's own milestones and 'Mayflower Langkawi' is a selectable pick-up/drop-off location on its booking engine; the Nissan Almera Langkawi promotion specifies pick-up at the Mayflower office with delivery/collection on request, so an in-terminal counter is not stated. Self-drive, coach and chauffeur services with 24/7 roadside assistance; HQ Segambut, Kuala Lumpur, Mon-Fri 0900-1800, WhatsApp •••.
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Flight support
On request
AeroDarat Services Sdn Bhd (Malaysia Aviation Group)
Special Projects unit handles VVIP, government, humanitarian and sports/concert charters with meet-and-assist; load control (weight and balance, ACARS, General Declaration) and a 24/7 Hub Control Centre for turnaround coordination and crew technical briefing. Official ground handler for the biennial Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition since 1991 (next edition LIMA 2027), managing aircraft demonstration logistics at LGK.
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Hotel & travel
Available · 3 providers
Holiday Villa Resort & Beachclub Langkawi
Beachfront resort at Jalan Teluk Baru, Pantai Tengah (owner Plenitude Gateway Sdn Bhd); the hotel's own site states it is 15 minutes from Langkawi International Airport, on 15 acres with meeting facilities. Sales desk •••, fax •••. No crew rate or airport shuttle published.
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Pelangi Beach Resort & Spa, Langkawi
355-room beachfront resort on Pantai Cenang, the beach strip immediately south of the airport (drive time not stated on the company site); MICE facilities and on-site spa. Formerly branded Meritus Pelangi — the meritushotels.com domain now redirects elsewhere and the resort publishes via pelangiresort.com. No crew rate or airport shuttle published.
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The Westin Langkawi Resort & Spa
Marriott-managed resort in Kuah on the island's east coast, roughly 30 minutes by road from LGK. Marriott's site returned HTTP 403 to every fetch (marriott.com and the westinlangkawi.com vanity redirect), so no company-published phone or email could be captured and no airline crew-contract evidence was found; recorded as a real local option to verify directly.
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