Penang International Airport
Penang International Airport Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Pulau Pinang | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Malaysia Airports | ||||||||||
| Serves | George Town Conurbation | ||||||||||
| Location | Bayan Lepas, George Town, Penang, Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1935 | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Firefly | ||||||||||
| Operating base for | AirAsia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3 m / 11 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 05°17′49.7″N 100°16′36.71″E / 5.297139°N 100.2768639°E | ||||||||||
| Website | airports | ||||||||||
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Penang International Airport (PIA) (IATA: PEN, ICAO: WMKP) is an international airport in George Town, the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang. The airport is located at the southeastern tip of Penang Island, 16 km (9.9 mi) south of the city centre, and serves the country's second largest conurbation.
As the main gateway into northwestern Malaysia, PIA is the second busiest airport in Malaysia by aircraft movements and recorded over 7.6 million tourist arrivals in 2024. It also handled the second largest cargo tonnage of all airports in the country and the highest in terms of export value, with RM365 billion in exports in 2023. Additionally, the airport is the main hub for local budget airline Firefly and one of AirAsia's operating bases.