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Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) is an international airport in Kota Kinabalu, the state capital of Sabah, Malaysia. It is located approximately southwest of the city centre. In 2013, 6.9 million passengers passed through the airport, making it the second busiest airport in Malaysia after Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The airport serves the city of Kota Kinabalu as well as the entire west coast of Sabah. ==History== The airport first began as a military airfield built by the Imperial Japanese Army during World-War II.〔 It was then known as Jesselton Airfield (Kota Kinabalu was previously known as Jesselton). Towards the end of the war, it suffered severe bombings by Allied Forces until the surrender of the Japanese army in 1945.〔(USAAF Chronology )〕 After the war, the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) of North Borneo (now Sabah) took charge of the operations and maintenance of the airport. In 1957, the original grass strip runway was resurfaced with bitumen material and a new terminal was built.〔(Profile ), ''Department of Civil Aviation, Sabah''. Accessed 10 April 2007.〕 By 1959, the runway had been extended to 1,593 metres to enable the operation of Malayan Airways turboprop Viscount aircraft. In 1963, the runway was further reinforced and lengthened to 1,921 meters to cater for Comet 4 jet operations. Commercial flights and passenger arrivals gradually increased and a larger terminal building was needed. By 1967, Cathay Pacific Airways had begun operating a twice-weekly Convair 880 jet service between the airport and Hong Kong with an intermediate stop in Manila.〔timetableimages.com, Cathy Pacific 16 April 1967 system timetable〕 In 1969, a British consultancy firm was appointed to formulate a Master Plan for a phased and organised development of KKIA from 1970 until 2000 and beyond. The master plan was submitted to the government with the following recommendations: *To reinforce and expand the runway distance to 2,987 meters long to cater for Boeing 707 and 747 jet operations. *To build a new terminal complex and parallel taxiway which connects to the runway. *To provide navigation equipment, communication facilities and a modern light system for the runway. In the 1970s and 1980s, a new terminal building was built on the other side of the runway. Almost all commercial flights were shifted to this newer and larger terminal. From then on until recently, the original terminal was known as ''Airport Lama'' ("old airport"). In 1992, the DCA of Sabah was corporatised, and Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad took over the management and operations of the airport.〔 A further expansion project for both terminals began in 2006, and in January 2007 the original terminal was rebranded Terminal 2, whilst the newer terminal became known as Terminal 1. Terminal 2 was closed on 1 December 2015, with all airlines moving to Terminal 1. Terminal 2 would be converted for cargo operations as well as general aviation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kota Kinabalu International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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