Kuala Lumpur International Airport – KUL Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur International Airport is known as the largest and busiest airport in Malaysia. It is a major public airport that is located in Sepang District of Selangor and serves the Greater Klang Valley conurbation. Its airport code, KUL, stands for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. On June 27, 1998, Kuala Lumpur International Airport was inaugurated same time as the 1998 Commonwealth Games and one week ahead with the opening of Hongkong International Airport. On February 13, 2017, Kim Jong-Nam, the brother of North Korean leader was assassinated in the airport. As of 2018, the airport has handled 59,988,409 passengers.
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The KUL-Kuala Lumpur International Airport is a 100% Bar Coded Boarding Pass capable. It is made up of two main terminals; the KLIA main and the new terminal 2. Kuala Lumpur International Airport main is designed with emphasize of natural lighting. In total, the airport has 27 boarding gates. It serves more than 120 direct destinations and more than 1,000 indirect. Some of the best cities to go from KUL International Airport include Sentul, Sepang, and Seri Kembangan.
What to Do & Area Attractions
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) features an onsite airport hotel, the Sama-Sama Express KLIA2 Airside Transit Hotel. Other KUL Kuala Lumpur airport hotels located nearby include the Tune Hotel KLIA Aeropolis (Airport Hotel), located next to KLIA2 Terminal Building and the Sama-Sama Hotel, KL International Airport, which is only half a kilometer away.
Another airport also serves the Greater Klang Valley conurbation area, the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB), which caters to both international and domestic flights from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
