Airport
Kuala Lumpur International Airport KUL
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Large airport · ICAO WMKK
Kuala Lumpur International has a main terminal and a separate terminal for low-cost carriers, connected by a short train ride. It sits about 45 km south of the city in Sepang, so ground transport time is a real factor.
Reference data
- IATA
- KUL
- ICAO
- WMKK
- Elevation
- 69 ft
- Coordinates
- 2.7456, 101.7100
Local time at KUL
03:35 GMT+8
Sun, 4 Oct 2026 · UTC+08:00 · Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
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Staying near KUL
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Nearby airports
Ranked by actual distance from KUL's coordinates, not by name or region. Useful when a fare or a schedule makes a neighbouring airport worth the ground transfer.
| IATA | Airport | City | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SZB | Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport | Subang | 46 km | Look up |
| MKZ | Malacca International Airport | Malacca | 81 km | Look up |
| DUM | Pinang Kampai Airport | Dumai | 130 km | Look up |
| KUA | Kuantan Airport | Kuantan | 202 km | Look up |
| IPH | Sultan Azlan Shah Airport | Ipoh | 214 km | Look up |
| JHB | Senai International Airport | Johor Bahru | 250 km | Look up |
Airlines based here
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Official KUL website Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Wikipedia
Where this data comes from
Codes, coordinates and elevation come from the public-domain OurAirports dataset, pinned at build time — 4,133 airports, last refreshed 6 September 2026. The time zone is derived from the coordinates above.