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9 unusual facts about Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport


2005 Malaysian haze

Kuala Lumpur International Airport was unaffected during the hazy period but flights for non-ILS equipped planes from Subang airport were suspended until conditions cleared on August 13.

Hamza Kashgari

At around 14:15 to 14:30 at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (Subang), Kashgari's lawyers found that there were no immigration records of Kashgari's departure.

Japanese School of Kuala Lumpur

The Japanese School of Kuala Lumpur (Japanese: クアラルンプール日本人学校, Kuararunpūru nihonjin gakkō) is an International School in Malaysia that is located in Saujana Golf and Country Club in Subang, Selangor near the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport.

Kelana Jaya LRT station

The shuttle bus, which started on 11 October 2013, leaves hourly to Subang Airport Skypark Terminal from 6:40AM to 8:40PM and hourly to Pekeliling Bus Station (Titiwangsa station) from 7:50AM to 9:50AM.

KL City Airport Shuttle Bus : Subang Airport Skypark Terminal - Kelana Jaya LRT station - e@Curve Mutiara Damansara - Plaza Damas - Pekeliling Bus Station (Titiwangsa station).

Putra of Perlis

The Stadium Negara, the Parliament House, the Muzium Negara, the Subang International Airport, the Masjid Negara and the wharves at Klang Straits represent some of the milestones of progress which marked the King's happy reign.

Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport

Apart from that, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport was to be a hub for Global Flying Hospitals, but the humanitarian medical charity made the decision to close down Malaysian Operations, stating that the elements to make the correct formula for the GFH model were not present.

Subang Skypark recently signed a lease agreement with Malaysia Airports for the land in the Airport in Langkawi.

U81 (RapidKL) : Pasar Seni LRT station (Kuala Lumpur) - Subang Mahsing via Subang Airport Skypark Terminal


British Airways Flight 149

British Airways Flight 149 was a flight from London Heathrow Airport to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, (the former international airport for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), via Kuwait City and Madras (now called Chennai) operated by British Airways Boeing 747-136.

Hua Hin District

Hua Hin airport (HHQ) currently serves Kuala Lumpur-Subang Airport via Berjaya Air.

Japan Airlines Flight 715

When the aircraft descended below MDA of 750 feet then at 300 feet flight 715 crashed into the side of a hill 4 miles from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport near an estate called Ladang Elmina.

Kerteh Airport

The airport also used to have a weekday fixed-wing chartered service using a Beechcraft 1900 Airliner turboprop aircraft, also operated by MHS, which shuttles Petronas and ExxonMobil employees from Kerteh to the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB) in Subang near Kuala Lumpur.

Pangkor Island

Currently Berjaya Air is the only airline that is operating flights to Pangkor Airport (PKG), from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB) with its 48-seats Dash 7 turboprop airliner.


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