Flight Report

ADS-B radar data captured 497 flights at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL/WMKK) on March 8, 2025, across 286 unique aircraft. Departures accounted for 415 of those movements, with only 82 arrivals logged. Traffic ran continuously from midnight through 23:59 local time, averaging 20.7 flights per hour. The peak hour was 09:00, with 36 movements recorded, 34 of them departures. A secondary concentration appeared in the evening, with 34 total movements at 18:00 and 33 at 19:00, the latter seeing 14 arrivals, the highest arrival count of any single hour. The busiest route by total movements was to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport (SZB), with 76 flights, followed by Kuantan Airport (KUA) at 52 and Sungai Tiang Airport (SXT) at 45. Singapore Changi (SIN) was the top international destination, logging 30 movements. ENE was the dominant departure direction at 103 counts, while WNW led approach directions with 15. Aircraft registered to Saudi Arabia made up the largest share of the fleet at 184, followed by China at 30 and Taiwan at 16. Altitude data was drawn from 88,212 ADS-B position points. The most frequently sampled altitude band was 1,000 to 2,000 feet at 6,556 counts. Two cruise bands stood out in the distribution: 37,000 to 38,000 feet at 2,779 counts and 39,000 to 40,000 feet at 2,203 counts. The highest recorded altitude was 45,575 feet, on an arrival from Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH). The longest flight covered 1,458.7 nautical miles over 199.4 minutes, departing toward Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SZX).