Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA, IATA: KUL, ICAO: WMKK) is the main international airport of Malaysia. Despite its name, it is not located within Kuala Lumpur, but rather in the Sepang District of Selangor, approximately 45 km (28 mi) south of the city, serving its greater conurbation. KLIA is the largest and busiest airport in the country and a regional mega-hub for Southeast Asia. In 2025, it handled 63.3 million passengers, ranking as the 20th-busiest airport by total passenger traffic. AirAsia is the dominant air carrier in Malaysia, based in KLIA Terminal 2 and serving 14,583 low-cost connections, with a 35% share of flights, followed by Malaysia Airlines. The airport is operated by Malaysia Airports (MAHB) Sepang Sdn Bhd and is the major hub of Malaysia Airlines, MASkargo, Batik Air Malaysia, UPS Airlines and World Cargo Airlines, and the operating base for AirAsia and AirAsia X. In 2024, KLIA was ranked first by OAG (by ratio of connection flight frequency to destinations served) in the Global Low-Cost Megahubs index by 11,188 possible low-cost connections across over 137 destinations. OAG also ranked KLIA as the world's second most connected airport (by ratio of co

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