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SATELLITE BUILDING
MAPS: Satellite
A - Mezzanine Level
MAPS: Satellite A - Passenger
Level
The 143,404
sq metre (1.55mn sq ft) four-armed Satellite building, where international
flights take off, is located some distance away from the Main Terminal
Building, and passengers will have to take the Aerotrain (automated track
transit system) to catch their international flights from here. International
passengers will depart from and arrive at this terminal complex.
TRANSIT
Transit passengers are not required to go through any formalities. As you
disembark, you will be issued with a plastic transit card. You will be free to walk around
the Satellite Terminal Building (STB) until it is time for you to board the flight for
your onward journey. Baggage can be automatically transferred
to your connecting flight by
checking them in at the Transfer Counter.
First class passengers and frequent flyers, could make use of the lounges. Papers, magazine, refreshments, snacks, telephones and television would be made available at these lounges. So relax and enjoy the facilities in these lounges until boarding time. During transit you are also welcome to do some duty free shopping.
TRANSFERS
International to Domestic - International flights arrive at
Satellite Terminal A or at the International Level of the Contact Pier (MTB). Proceed to
the transfer desk and collect boarding pass for the next flight. Board the Aerotrain TTC
to MTB if arriving at Satellite A. Proceed to immigration for inbound clearance at the
Arrival Level one floor below. Customs Checkpoint is located just beyond the Immigration
area. After clearing customs, proceed to departure gate of the next flight.
Domestic to International - Domestic flights arrive at the Domestic Level of the Contact Pier (MTB). Collect boarding pass for onward journey from the Transfer desk and proceed to exit Immigration clearance. Proceed to International level of the MTB or board Aerotrain TTC to Satellite A. Proceed to departure gate of the next flight.
International to International - International flights arrive and depart at Satellite Terminal A.
Domestic to Domestic - Domestic flights arrive and depart at Contact Pier of the MTB.
"...AIRPORT IN THE FOREST
FOREST IN THE AIRPORT..."
The central hub of the Satellite Building offers travelers a landscaped garden, including forest trees and sculptured waterfall for enjoyment and relaxation. The landscaped circular hub of the Satellite building features a forest in the airport.
The new KLIA is also designed to be an environmentally friendly airport with its central theme of an "airport in the forest" and a "forest in the airport". The airport is perhaps unique in the world for its environmental aspirations. The central theme is carried out through a rain forest arboretum in the center of the international terminal and forested grounds surrounding the facility.
The forested edges of the airport will serve as a buffer to keep the surrounding development in control, while concentric landscape and forest rings are proposed to surround the airport site creating the effect of an "airport in the forest". The courtyard between the Main Terminal Building and Contact Pier, as well as the center courtyard of the Satellite Building will be densely planted to create an image of the Malaysian Rain forest thus portraying the effect of a "forest in the airport"
Strategically located forest areas are proposed within the airport site to act as natural landmarks evoking ideas of a tropical image. Essentially the creation of a tropical image with its accompanying theme of an "airport in the forest" and "forest in the airport" will serve as a counterbalance to the high-tech features of the new airport.