page_title: Sultan Abdul Halim Airport
section_title: Airlines and destinations
hierarchical_section_title: Sultan Abdul Halim Airport / Airlines and destinations
caption_attribution_description: English: FF at AOR
context_page_description: Sultan Abdul Halim Airport is an airport in Kepala Batas, Kedah, Malaysia. It serves the city of Alor Setar and state of Perlis due to no airport located at the state.
  The airport, located in Kepala Batas, is 15 km away from town, can handle up to 800,000 ppa. Built in 1929, the airport is the 2nd oldest airport in Peninsular Malaysia, after Taiping Airport. The new terminal is already operational by 5 May 2006 to cater for future traffic growth. The new terminal has the capacity to receive the Airbus 330 operations as the runway was extended from the previous 1,963 m × 45 m to 2,745 m × 45 m. In 2009, the airport handled 421,314 passengers with 24,031 aircraft movements.
  The Royal Malaysian Air Force training division is also co-located and uses the same runway as the airport.
caption: Firefly in Kedah FA livery at Sultan Abdul Halim Airport
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