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In 2015, the station was identified as the southern terminus of a 17.5 kilometres (10.9 mi) light rail transit line between the Penang International Airport and Komtar. [6] [7] However, subsequent redesigns extended the line to 26–29 kilometres (16–18 mi) with the southern terminus ending at Silicon Island south of the airport. [8] [9] [10]
Penang International Airport (PIA) (IATA: PEN, ICAO: WMKP) is an international airport in George Town, the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang. The airport is located at the southeastern tip of Penang Island , 16 km (9.9 mi) south of the city centre , and serves the country's second largest conurbation .
View of Penang International Airport and the Second Penang Bridge in 2017 The Penang International Airport (PIA) is situated 16 km (9.9 mi) south of downtown George Town . It is the main airport for northwestern Malaysia, with services to major regional cities including Kuala Lumpur , Singapore , Bangkok , Taipei , Hong Kong , Xiamen , Shanghai ...
The Penang International Airport has an annual capacity of 6.5 million passengers, but passenger traffic had already exceeded its capacity even before the COVID-19 pandemic. [291] [292] The Penang International Airport (PIA) is located 16 km (9.9 mi) south of the city centre. It serves as the primary airport for northwestern Malaysia.
Francis Light (c. 1740 – 21 October 1794) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for founding the colony of Penang and its capital city of George Town in 1786. Light was the father of William Light , who founded the city of Adelaide in South Australia in 1836.
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The Francis Light statue is a memorial to Captain Francis Light (1740–1794), the founder of the British colony of Penang in 1786. It is situated in the grounds of Fort Cornwallis , George Town , Penang, Malaysia.
Light Street is the oldest road in the city of George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang.It was named after the founder of Penang, Captain Francis Light. [1] As the epicentre of George Town, the street was created soon after Light established the settlement in 1786 and has been serving as a major thoroughfare within the city centre ever since.