KLIA East @ Labu
KLIA East @ Labu LTAKL Timur @ Labu | |
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| Operator | Malaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn Bhd |
| Location | Labu, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia |
KLIA East @ Labu is a planned future airport. The airport will be located at Labu, which is 8.6 kilometres away from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). By road, the distance from KL’s Golden Triangle to KLIA East is 50km, compared with a distance of 78km to KLIA It is proposed to replace the low cost carrier terminal (LCCT) in KLIA. The construction of the new airport, on a 2,800ha area at the state’s central corridor in Labu, would be financed by the private sector. The two parties who have agreed to it are AirAsia Group and Sime Darby who owns the land). It had been planned to start construction on January 2009 and will open 2011. All airlines at the present LCCT will move here.
The KLIA East@Labu will be connected with KLIA Main Terminal by:-
1. A porposed 7km branch road to link KLIA East@Labu to KLIA and the North South Expressway.
2. A proposed 7km ERL link from KLIA to KLIA East.
3. A bus hub at KLIA East
A 3km KTM Komuter railway line also has been proposed from the railway station in Labu to KLIA East.
All the costs for building the airport, road and rail links will be privately financed.