Miri Airport Traffic Statistics 2011 - 2013
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admin - Sun, 07/19/2015 - 13:15
The statistics are out: The Miri Airport total number of passengers for 2013 have increased by 362,348 compared with the year 2011 and 177,445 compared with 2012. The increase of in December 2012 is the highest traffic ever recorded, numbering 236,638 for that month alone. The Miri Airport is built to handle 2 million passengers annually, and for 2013, reached over 2.2 million.
However, passenger traffic for Mulu Airport have dropped by 13,966 compared to 2011 numbers.
Miri Airport Passenger Total Statistics
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
| Jan | 142,339 | 163,288 | 151,547 |
| Feb | 138,730 | 139,781 | 160,658 |
| Mar | 158,268 | 173,851 | 179,740 |
| Apr | 149,328 | 160,042 | 166,446 |
| May | 154,567 | 176,217 | 185,743 |
| Jun | 157,439 | 180,678 | 193,684 |
| July | 161,508 | 170,479 | 174,374 |
| Aug | 140,003 | 174,159 | 199,583 |
| Sept | 155,085 | 159,484 | 186,658 |
| Oct | 147,242 | 172,166 | 187,464 |
| Nov | 169,797 | 179,010 | 203,651 |
| Dec | 189,532 | 198,586 | 236,638 |
| Total | 1,863,838 | 2,048,741 | 2,226,186 |
Literally, Sungai Tujoh is translated as the Seventh River or Seventh Stream spelled in the form of Bruneian Malay language. An immigration post was built in the 1960s to control the movement of goods and people between Miri and points west in Sarawak with Brunei, at this "7th river".