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Kuala Lumpur International Airport consists of two terminals: KLIA and KLIA 2. They are located nearby, two kilometers from each other. Flights of all low-cost airlines depart and arrive at the new terminal KLIA 2 (the LCCT terminal, which previously served low-cost airlines, no longer handles passenger traffic). KLIA 2 is home to Asia's most famous low-cost airline, AirAsia, as well as other budget airlines: Malindo Airways, Lion Air, Tiger Airways and Cebu Pacific Airways. Now KLIA2 is the world's largest low-cost terminal and a major hub, modern and comfortable.
Terminals KLIA and KLIA2 are connected by a railway line, which serves KLIA Express and KLIA Transit trains. You can get from one terminal to another in 3-5 minutes and 2 ringgits.
Arrivals and departures from KL airport
If you're arriving on a regular international flight, it will most likely be at KLIA Terminal, which has the main building and Satellite Terminal A where planes dock; These two structures are connected by a train - Aerotrain. The KLIA main terminal building consists of five levels. The arrival hall is on the third level, the departure hall is on the fifth.
Budget airline flights arrive at KLIA Terminal 2. The third level of the terminal is the Departure Hall, the second level is the Arrival Hall and express trains, the first level is the bus station and ordering official taxis.
How to get from Kuala Lumpur Airport to the city
Train
You can take the KLIA Express and KLIA Transit trains from both terminals to the city center, KL Sentral station. The railway line starts at KLIA 2, goes to KLIA and then to the city.
At KLIA 2 trains depart from Level 2. The KLIA Express train departs every 15-20 minutes, runs non-stop from the airport terminals to KL Sentral, the journey takes 33 minutes (3 minutes between terminals). Trains run from 5 am to 1 am.
The KLIA transit train departs every 20-30 minutes. The first train from KLIA 2 is at 6 am, the last at 1 am, the journey takes about 40 minutes, goes to KL Sentral station. It makes three stops along the way: Bandar Tasik Selatan, Putrajaya & Cyberjaya and Salak Tinggi.
Trains are quite expensive, more expensive than a bus - 55 ringit. But the trains go faster.
Bus
You can get to Kuala Lumpur (and other destinations) from KLIA and KLIA 2 by bus.
From the second terminal, buses depart every 15 minutes from the first level (Level 1). A ticket costs from 10 ringit. Buses go into the city to KL Sentral and Puduraya stations. You can go not only to the center of Kuala Lumpur, but also to other cities in Malaysia: Malacca, Johor Bahru, Ipoh, etc.
Star Shuttle - goes to Padu Sentral station through both airport terminals. The journey takes about an hour. Ticket costs 9 ringit;
SkyBus - goes to KL Sentral. The journey takes about 50 minutes. The ticket costs 8 ringit. If you fly with AirAsia and buy a ticket on their website, you can immediately book a bus ticket, then it will cost 7 ringit. On the bus you just need to show an e-ticket with your reservation number.
Aerobus also goes to KL Sentral, the journey takes 50 minutes, costs 8 ringit.
This is what Skybus looked like
This is what Aerobus looks like
Taxi at the airport
If you arrive at night or need to quickly and comfortably get to the city, you can take a taxi. Uber operates in Kuala Lumpur. You can also take an official taxi - Airport Limo taxi. The cost of the trip is fixed, the order must be made at the counters and paid there.
Transfer to order online
Anyone who wants a minimum of physical movements can order a transfer to in advance via the Internet. You will be met in the arrivals hall, your luggage will be taken, you will be put in a car and taken to your desired location. The good thing about this method is that there are no hassles at all, and it costs the same as a regular taxi. I recommend!
Road to the city
The road is very picturesque and colorful - you drive, look around, take a break from the flight. Palm trees are growing everywhere and cottage communities are being built. Although sometimes there are shacks, apparently from the times when Malaysia was not such a developed country.
Attracts millions of travelers from all over the world every year due to its amazing cultural diversity and contrasting architecture. Founded more than 150 years ago at the confluence of two rivers, today this city has grown into a bustling modern metropolis with plenty of entertainment for every taste. For every visiting tourist, getting to know one of the main shopping centers in Asia begins with the largest airport in Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL, KLIA - Kuala Lumpur International Airport), the features of which we will describe further.
How many airports are there in Kuala Lumpur?
The first thing that almost all first-time tourists face is choosing an airport when booking air tickets. Thus, not far from the Malaysian capital there are 2 large air terminals - Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Sepang) and Subang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (Subang). The last of them was the country’s most important aviation hub for 33 years (from 1965 to 1998), receiving up to 15 million passengers a year. Today, Subang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah serves mainly domestic scheduled and charter flights, as well as several destinations in, the rest of the international air travel is carried out through Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Interesting facts about Malaysia's main airport
Since its opening, KLIA has won many awards from international organizations (International Air Transport Association, Skytrax, etc.). Thanks to the combined efforts of designers and staff whose sole goal was to provide an excellent passenger experience, the airport was recognized as the best in the world three times (from 2005 to 2007). In addition, Malaysia's premier aviation hub has earned more than 20 Green Globe certifications and platinum status from EarthCheck, an international tourism advisory group, for its vision of engaging locals and international travelers to be environmentally responsible.
Kuala Lumpur Airport Terminals
The total area occupied by Malaysia's main air hub is about 100 thousand square meters. km. This vast territory houses 2 main terminals of Kuala Lumpur Airport:
Although the distance between the terminals is about 1.2 km, travel from one building to another is only possible on a special Aerotrain train with an automatic control system. This unusual type of transport connects only 2 stations, and the trip itself takes only about 2.5 minutes. at an average speed of 50 km/h. Part of the mini-trip takes place underground so that you can safely cross the taxiway.
Services and entertainment for tourists
Malaysia's largest airport welcomes more than 50 million people a year, so comfort and good service are the main working conditions for KLIA employees. Thus, on the territory of the country’s main air pier, visiting tourists are provided with many useful services, including:
In addition, looking at the layout of Kuala Lumpur International Airport, we can say that it is a kind of “city within a city”. Here, in addition to basic services, passengers are also offered a lot of entertainment for every taste: duty-free shops, fashionable boutiques of branded clothing (Burberry, Harrods, Montblanc, Salvatore Ferragamo), several restaurants and bars, children's playrooms, a massage room and much more. etc.
How to get from Kuala Lumpur Airport to the city?
The capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, has three airports. Two of them, KLIA and KLIA 2, are located 55 km south of the city and can (to a certain extent) be considered two terminals of the same airport. Subang Airport is a small airport located 23 km west of Kuala Lumpur and only a few airlines fly to it.
1 | Kuala Lumpur International Airports KLIA and KLIA 2:
KLIA is an abbreviation for Kuala Lumpur International Airport(Kuala Lumpur International Airport) and is pronounced "KLIAH". It is Malaysia's largest airport and is where most international flights and airlines fly into.
KLIA 2 - formerly called LCCT (Low-Cost Carrier Terminal). This airport for budget(low-cost) airlines: AirAsia, TigerAir, Jetstar Asia, Cebu Pacific Air(Malindo Air has been flying to KLIA since March 2016). In 2016, there were discussions at the Malaysian government level about renaming KLIA 2 airport back to LCCT, but it was decided to leave everything as it is.
KLIA and KLIA 2, although located nearby, do not have direct communication. For travelers, these are two separate airports. If you arrived at KLIA 2 and have a transfer to a plane that departs from KLIA, then you need to go through passport control, pick up your luggage and move from KLIA 2 airport to KLIA airport (how to do this, read the article How to get from KLIA to KLIA 2 ). Moreover, the journey between airports alone takes about 12 minutes (and you also need to find the right transport). Therefore, many believe that KLIA and KLIA 2 are two different airports, and not just terminals of one Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
1.1 | Kuala Lumpur International Airport on the map:
1.2 | How not to confuse KLIA 2 and KLIA:
It is worth studying your plane ticket very carefully, since many travelers unknowingly (and inattentively) arrive at the wrong airport or plan transfers without enough time to move from one airport to another, which threatens to be late for the plane. note that KLIA and KLIA 2 have the same code - KUL, so it’s impossible to simply guess which airport you’re flying to by looking at the airport code.
AirAsia KLIA 2 ticket Airlines that fly to KLIA 2 usually have Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) or KLIA2 terminal added to their tickets. All flights from AirAsia, TigerAir, Jetstar Asia, Cebu Pacific Air fly to KLIA 2.
Airline tickets flying to KLIA simply list Kuala Lumpur International Airport as the airport.
Malaysia Airlines KLIA ticket 1.3 | Hotels at Kuala Lumpur International Airport:
For passengers who want to relax between flights, there are hotels directly in the departure and transit areas (no need to go through passport control):
- KLIA(can be booked on booking.com or agoda.com),
- Sama Sama Express hotel at the airport KLIA 2(can be booked on booking.com or agoda.com).
The following hotels are within walking distance from the airports (5-10 minutes):
- 3-star Tune Hotel KLIA 2 located 10 minutes walk from KLIA 2 airport (you can book a room for 8 hours or a day on booking.com or agoda.com),
- at the 5-star hotel Sama Sama KLIA you can swim in the pool, work out in the gym or relax in the sauna (check prices and book a room on booking.com or agoda.com).
1.4 | Official website of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA and KLIA 2):
2 | Kuala Lumpur Subang Airport:
Despite the fact that this airport is considered a domestic airport, flights to Subang Airport international flights with Firefly and Berjaya Air from Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore.
Full name of the airport: About Skypark Terminal Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport or briefly SAAS Airport. Sabang airport code is SZB. Official website - http://subangskypark.com/.
Sabang Airport is located 35 km from the center of Kuala Lumpur. You can get from Subang Airport to KLIA or to KL Sentral Central Station by bus (Shuttle Bus). The journey will take at least 1 hour, the ticket costs 10 Malaysian ringgit. You can also pre-order a taxi transfer from the airport to Kuala Lumpur on the website.
Kuala Lumpur Sabang Airport on the map:
3 | Articles that may be of interest to you:
Save this article as a keepsake on Pinterest LCCT stands for Low Cost Carrier Terminal, i.e. Terminal for low cost carriers in Kuala Lumpur. Low cost airlines fly from here, both domestic and international. And inexpensive ticket prices are achieved with total savings. For example, at LCCT passengers independently get to the plane from the Airport building on foot...
I have already written about Kuala Lumpur KLIA Airport in general (visa rules, Malaysian customs regulations, etc.). You can find all the useful information in an article about KLIA
The LCCT terminal is a separate KLIA terminal.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW!
A passenger flying from Kuala Lumpur must check in advance on the ticket which terminal his flight is departing from: KLIA, KLIA2 or LCCT!
Despite the fact that all three Airport terminals (KLIA, KLIA-2 and LCCT) are located, in fact, on the same territory, only KLIA has a direct train connection with Kuala Lumpur. Special buses run between KLIA and LCCT. And KLIA and KLIA-2 are connected by the automatic monorail mini-train Aero train - we have never seen this at any other Airport in the World.
You can get directly from Kuala Lumpur to the LCCT terminal by taxi or express bus.
A metered taxi will cost about 80-100 ringgit (about 20 euros). Without a meter it will be significantly more expensive.
Travel by express bus costs 10 times cheaper: 8-10 ringgit (about 2 euros) per person. Buses depart for LCCT from KL Sentral station.
We couldn't get on the train from Kuala Lumpur towards Langkawi
Therefore, we got to the island of Langkawi in the classic way - by Air Asia plane from the LCCT terminal. The flight is only an hour.
Tickets for the whole family cost us about 140 euros.
But let's take things in order.
After leaving the China Town 2 Hotel in Chinatown, we walked to the Pasar Seni metro station (less than 400 meters). There is only one stop to KL Sentral station - the metro fare was 1 RM (0.20 euros) per person.
From KL Sentral, it is a 30-minute train ride to KLIA terminal, or an hour-long express bus ride to any of the three terminals.
If the train ticket office is located next to the metro exit, then the bus ticket office is on the lower level of KL Sentral directly next to the buses. Tickets for the express bus to LCCT cost us 10 RM (2.15 euros) per person. They didn’t pay for the children, although they occupied all four back seats of the bus.
Throughout the hour-long drive to the Airport, we admired the views of the city from the window and the endless plantings of palm trees in the suburbs.
The Sepang race track is located close to the Airport; the Malaysian stage of the Formula 1 race was to take place here in a few days. At the fork near the highway, buses to KLIA turn right, and buses to LCCT turn left.
The LCCT terminal serves both international and domestic flights. Accordingly, when traveling to the Malaysian island of Langkawi, use the Domestic Departure entrance.
After entering the terminal building there will be machines for checking in for your flight.
You must check in yourself and only then go through baggage control and hand it over at the Check-In counters.
Don’t forget about the weight restrictions of luggage and carry-on luggage for low-cost carriers! Low cost airlines are strict with this. At the parallel rack, overweight passengers hastily brought their weight back to normal, shifting their belongings...
After the Check-In counters, you need to return to the entrance and go to passport control at the Domestic Departure Hall, located to the right of the entrance. In general, despite the fact that the terminal is intended for low-cost airlines, it is very worthy, in contrast to the low cost Manila Airport Terminal 4
There is high-quality service and quite decent waiting rooms. There are shops and restaurants.
The fact that you have to walk to the plane doesn’t really bother you either... It’s interesting for a change.
Where else will you be allowed to walk between planes on the runway?
There are special pedestrian crossings with signs for this purpose.
And already from the desired sign you are boarding the plane.
Well, here we are...
Langkawi, wait for us in an hour!
Recently we needed to know how to get to Kuala Lumpur Airport from the city, because we had a flight from the capital of Malaysia to Jakarta. It turned out that the information on many sites is outdated, and this threatens unnecessary wasted nerves and time, so we will describe here our experience and the current state of affairs at the beginning of March 2016.
There are three airports in Kuala Lumpur: now they are KLIA and KLIA 2, that is, Kuala-Lumpur International Airport first and second, as well as Subang. The fact is that a couple of years ago, flights of low-cost airlines were handled by the old LCCT, but now this function is performed by KLIA 2 - the world’s largest terminal for low-cost airlines, built specifically for them. And KLIA accepts flights from Western airlines, from the Middle East, and so on.
Everything below also works in the opposite direction, that is, from Kuala Lumpur airport to the city.
How to get to Kuala Lumpur KLIA Airport?
There are several ways to get to the airport from the city, and it is good when you can choose what is more important - time or money.
High Speed Train KL - KLIA
The fastest option! High-speed trains depart from KL Sentral and go to KLIA and KLIA 2 airports. There are two types of trains: Express and Transit. Their difference is that the express train travels non-stop in 28 minutes, while the transit makes 3 stops along the way: Salak Tinggi, Putrajaya and Bandar Tasik Selatan and covers the distance to the airport in 35 minutes.
The fare is RM55 (RM25 for a child) on both Express and Transit Trains. Until December 2015, the cost was 35 ringit, but then they increased it by as much as 50 percent!
Express Train to Kuala Lumpur Airport
Express Train runs every 15-20 minutes, the first and last train from KL Sentral at 05.00 and 00.40 respectively, from KLIA 2 at 04.55 and 00.55.
Transit Train runs every 20-30 minutes, the first and last train from KL Sentral at 04.33 and 00.03 respectively, from KLIA 2 at 05.48 and 00.59.
When traveling to an airport, trains first stop at the first airport and then at the second. Tickets can be purchased upon arrival at the airport or at the KL Sentral ticket office.
Bus Kuala Lumpur - KLIA
The cheapest and at the same time quite convenient way to get to your plane - that’s how we went. Buses depart from several points in the city:
From KL Central. This is a major transport hub in the center of the capital, which can be reached from different parts of the city by metro, monorail, and city buses. Airport Coach buses depart from the Ground Floor. The navigation there, unfortunately, is not very clear and there are no large signs; just ask the employees for the airport bus if you can’t figure it out.
Departure times are every half hour from Kuala Lumpur to the airport from 05.00 to 23.00, in the opposite direction from 05.30 to 00.30. Travel time is approximately 1 hour, depending on the traffic situation.
The fare is 10 ringit ($2.5 at the exchange rate as of March 2016), or at the ticket office at the bus stop.
On the ground floor in KL Sentral there is a bus stop to the airport
From Puduraya Terminal. This terminal is located near Chinatown, so if that's where you're staying, this might be the most convenient option. Transportation is provided by Star Shuttle. The first flight to the airport departs at 03.15 at night, and the last at 00.30. In the opposite direction - the first one from the airport is at 05.00, the last one at 02.15. Buses run every half hour.
The fare is 12 ringit ($3), and the journey takes approximately 1 hour 20 minutes.
From your hotel. Airport Coach can arrange transfer to Kuala Lumpur Airport directly from the hotel for RM25. Or you can ask at the reception, although they usually offer it themselves :-)
There is also a free shuttle between the airports.
Taxi to Kuala Lumpur Airport
Fixed price for a budget taxi from the airport to Kuala Lumpur is 75 ringit. I recommend taking red and white taxis, they have a meter. Or you can do it in advance. As always, this option is beneficial for a company of 3-4 people.
How to get to Kuala Lumpur KLIA 2 Airport?
Here, in general, the methods are similar, but I’ll tell you about them in more detail.
High Speed Train Kuala Lumpur - KLIA 2 Airport.
I wrote about trains above; when going to the airport, there will first be a stop at KLIA, and then at KLIA 2. The cost and schedule are the same.
Airport bus KLIA 2
From KL Central. Transportation is carried out by two companies - Sky Bus and Aerobus. Their counters are located there on the first floor.
The first is the official carrier for Air Asia, and a ticket from the airport to the city can be booked when purchasing air tickets, in which case they will cost 7.2 ringgit. Only if plans change, they cannot be returned. The usual cost is 10 ringit, you can buy tickets at the box office or at.
The first bus leaves at 03.00, the last at midnight, they run every half hour. From KLIA 2 airport the first bus is at 05.00, the last at 02.45.
Aerobus has a similar bus schedule from Kuala Lumpur to the airport; tickets can be bought at the box office for 11 ringit, or on the website for 9 ringit.
From Puduraya. Star Shuttle buses also go to KLIA 2 airport, the fare is also 12 ringit, see the schedule above.
How to get from KLIA to KLIA 2 and vice versa?
Free shuttle buses run between airports. In addition, you can take the high-speed Transit Train, which will take you there in a couple of minutes for 2 ringgit.
How to get to Subang Airport?
Subang Airport, or as it is otherwise called Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, is used by Firefly airline, which operates domestic flights throughout Malaysia, as well as to Indonesia, Singapore, Phuket and Koh Samui in Thailand.
You can get from Kuala Lumpur to Subang Airport by SkyPark Coach buses from the Pudu Sentral bus terminal for 9.3 ringgit. There is also a regular city bus, the U81 Rapid KL, whose terminus is located under the Pasar Seni LRT station. The fare is 3 ringgit, and the journey takes 40 minutes to 1 hour.
