Kuala Terengganu Airport (GPS: 5.37916, 103.10541; TGG) is the main airport serving the state of Terengganu. Officially known as Lapangan Terbang Sultan Mahmud, or Sultan Mahmud Airport, after the 16th Sultan of Terengganu, it is located 15 km to the north of the city centre. The airport is busiest during the Hajj pilgrimage season. Apart from Hajj flights, it also receives regular scheduled flights by Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur), AirAsia (Kuala Lumpur) and Firefly (Penang, Singapore, Subang).

The Kuala Terengganu Airport underwent an expansion in 2008. On 11 October 2008, it receives its first landing of a Boeing 747 aircraft. The flight which departed from Kuala Lumpur is on the way to Jeddah and Medina on a Hajj pilgrimage.

Kuala Terengganu Airport is on the map of Airports of Malaysia



Sultan Mahmud AirportSultan Mahmud Airport (19 February 2011)


Architecture of Architecture of Sultan Mahmud Airport, Kuala TerengganuArchitecture of Architecture of Sultan Mahmud Airport, Kuala Terengganu (19 February 2011)


Interior of Sultan Mahmud Airport, Kuala TerengganuInterior of Sultan Mahmud Airport, Kuala Terengganu (19 February 2011)

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