Kuala Lumpur International Airport lies in Sepang, south of the Malaysian capital, opened in 1998 to a design by the Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa built around the idea of an airport within a rainforest and a rainforest within an airport. Its main terminal uses geometric forms drawing on both Islamic architectural tradition and modern engineering, admitting extensive natural light through its roof structure. The airport's separate satellite terminal, linked to the main building by an automated aerotrain, contains an enclosed tropical rainforest garden planted with species native to the Malaysian jungle, along with a jungle boardwalk that its operators describe as the first of its kind at any airport. The design was intended to distinguish the airport from more conventional international terminals by foregrounding Malaysia's tropical landscape as part of the passenger experience rather than treating it as incidental.
Facts
Partially Attested
Completed YearSource gives the official inauguration date, not a completion year Building Type LocationSepang, Selangor, Malaysia 1 Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category)Transport Terminal (Airport, Ferry, etc.) 1 Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Malaysia, located there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Lead paragraph 1, sentence 1
main international airport of Malaysia
Infobox, location
Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Inauguration
on 27 June 1998
- infobox building_type/type field: Public
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA; IATA: KUL, ICAO: WMKK) is the main international airport of Malaysia. Despite its name, it is not located within Kuala Lumpur, but rather in the Sepang District of Selangor, approximately 45 km (28 mi) south of the city, serving its greater conurbation. KLIA is the largest and busiest airport in the country and a regional megahub for low-cost carriers in Asia-Pacific. In 2025, it handled 63.3 million passengers, ranking as the 20th-busiest airport by tot
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