Kulim International Airport

Kulim International Airport (GPS: 5.58181, 100.53836; KXP) is an international airport being planned for Kulim, Kedah. According to a presentation file from Kedah's Budget 2020, the airport will have two runways. The development will be financed by the sale of an 18 sqkm piece of land around the proposed airport site. The airport is expected to serve a catchment of 1.2 million people, particularly those in Kuala Muda, Kulim, Baling and Seberang Prai Utara.

Kulim International Airport will occupy a 17 sqkm piece of land at the border with Seberang Perai, Penang. In comparison, the Penang International Airport occupies just 3.3 sqkm of land while Kuala Lumpur International Airport occupies 100 sqkm. The site chose, which is presently palm oil plantation and paddy fields, is in Kulim District, just west of Bandar Puteri Jaya, and southwest of Sungai Petani. It is 20km from Kulim town, and 30km from the landing of Penang Bridge on the mainland side.

When the Penang Undersea Tunnel is built, it is also about 30 km from the tunnel via the North-South Expressway. The land acquisition cost is calculated to be around RM3psf. When the agricultural land is converted to development land, the market value is expected to increase seven-fold to RM21psf, which will provide an income of RM3.25 billion over 10 years.

According to the proposal, a new interchange will also be built to connect it to the North South Expressway. That interchange will be located north of Sungai Muda.

Penang Travel Tips will provide you more updates on this infrastructure project progressively.

Kulim International Airport is on the map of Map of Kulim

Kulim International Airport

References

28 August, 2019
The Star Kulim airport to have two runways

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