RAF Kuala Lumpur
RAF Kuala Lumpur AMSL | 111 ft / 34 m | |
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| Coordinates | 03°06′41″N 101°42′10″E / 3.11139°N 101.70278°E | |
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  WMKK Location in West Malaysia | ||
Royal Air Force Kuala Lumpur or more simply RAF Kuala Lumpur is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station in the Federation of Malaya and saw extensive use during the Malayan Emergency.
It was built and opened by the RAF in 1931.[2]
Military
The airfield was home to: No. 52 Squadron operating Vickers Valettas, used for supply dropping to Army troops in the jungle. In 1959-1961 it was the only operational squadron in the RAF.
- No. 155 Squadron operating Westland Whirlwind HC.4 helicopters.
- Westland Dragonfly helicopters/re-equipped with Bristol SycamoreHC.14 helicopters.
- No. 110 Squadron above two squadrons merged on 3 June 1959.
- No. 267 Squadron operating Douglas Dakota, Vickers Valetta, Scottish Aviation Single and Twin Pioneers (Dakota and Auster using broadcasting loudspeakers.)
- 848 Naval Air Squadron (Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm) using Whirlwind helicopters.
- No 656 Squadron Army Mobile Servicing Squadron servicing Auster AOP.6, Auster T.7 and Auster AOP.9.
- The Royal New Zealand Air Force 41 Squadron (RNZAF) used Bristol Freighters.
The station was handed over to Royal Malaysian Air Force in 1961. During the height of the Emergency, the single runway had the highest number of aircraft movements in the world.
The station was situated about 3 miles from the town with its own swimming pool and cinema. It is commonly known to the locals as
Civilian
The airfield was also the site of the first civil airport,
").Sungai Besi Airport was in use as a civilian airport long before 1957, with Malayan Airways
Qantas started Super Constellation services into the airport in 1958 and BOAC Comets replaced the Britannias in 1959.
The civilian airport was later replaced by Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in 1965.
See also
References
- ^ AIP Malaysia: WMKF - RMAF Kuala Lumpur/Simpang at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "Kuala Lumpur-Simpang Air Base profile - Aviation Safety Network". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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