Sultan Ismail Petra Airport guide

Sultan Ismail Petra Airport sits at Pengkalan Chepa, northeast of Kota Bharu, and serves the state of Kelantan and the Besut district of Terengganu. Malaysia Airports operates it. Scheduled flights began in 1940, and the airport handled 1.7 million passengers in 2025, a rise of 16.2 percent on the year before.

A single asphalt runway, 10/28, is 2,400 metres long. An extension of 400 metres, to 2,800 metres, was agreed in May 2024. The new terminal building opened on 1 May 2024 and replaced a terminal in use since 2002. It has more than 20 airline counters, boarding bridges, an elevated car park and a fire and rescue station. The RM440 million expansion is due for completion in 2027 and aims to lift yearly capacity from 1.5 million to 4 million passengers.

Most services run to the Klang Valley. AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia, Firefly and Malaysia Airlines fly to Kuala Lumpur, and other routes reach Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Penang and Subang. Scoot links the airport with Singapore. Domestic traffic dominates, and the airport has been working on adding more international routes.