Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport
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Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (Malay: Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah), (formerly Subang International Airport/Kuala Lumpur International Airport), often called Subang Airport or Subang Skypark, (IATA: SZB, ICAO: WMSA) is an airport located in Subang, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia.
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | MASB/Government Of Malaysia | ||||||||||
Serves | Klang Valley, West Malaysia | ||||||||||
Location | Subang, Selangor, Malaysia | ||||||||||
Opened | 30 August 1965; 58 years ago (1965-08-30) | ||||||||||
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Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 89 ft / 27 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 03°07′52″N 101°32′53″E | ||||||||||
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Subang International Airport served as Kuala Lumpur's main airport from 1965 to 1998, before the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang was opened. Although plans existed to convert the airport into a low-cost carrier base, the change was opposed by Subang Jaya residents. The airport was repurposed to serve general aviation as well as turboprop domestic and international flights. In 1996, the airport was renamed after Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj (Salahuddin of Selangor), the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and eighth Sultan of Selangor.
Subang Airport is currently the base for SKS Airways and Firefly commercial turboprop services. Raya Airways is the only other non-passenger non-turbo prop aircraft landing and utilising Subang Airport Terminal 2. While heavily opposed by Ara Damansara residents of the noise of the jet engines, Raya Airways still operates out of SZB servicing DHL and other local hubs.