Terengganu Gateway:Sultan Mahmud Airport

Sultan Mahmud is an airport that serves Kuala Terengganu, a city in the state of Terengganu in Malaysia. The airport is located 15 km from town. In 2008, the airport handled 487,495 passengers with 10,045 aircraft movements.^[1]

In January 2008, Malaysian government had approved RM200 million to upgrade the airport to become an international airport. This includes funding to extend the runway and upgrade the terminal of the airport.

Sultan Mahmud Airport became an international airport after upgrading work is finished. The terminal was designed to handle 2 million passengers every year.. It maybe will start international flights to Singapore, Kunming, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong and others. Malaysia Airlines had agreed with Tabung Haji that it will also bring passengers to the Holy Land Mecca via Jeddah and Medina.

On October 11 2008, a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 747-400 landed here on 1456 hours from Kuala Lumpur which makes it the first Boeing 747 to land here.Tourist have no worries to come to Terengganu via plane because we have a full facilities to welcome them. They can use a domestic flight like Malaysia Airlines,Air Asia or Firefly from Kuala Lumpur Internationial Airport.