When I got checked out, Kota Bahru was the airfield I flew to on my first solo. It was late night, in heavy rain, in the middle of the monsoon and this was in a -200. Did a non precision approach and landed. My first thought after landing..I should have been a gynae..
Kota Bahru, Alor Setar and Trengganu are to the airfields to watch out for whilst operating in PM.
I remember 2 incidents in KBR, one after landing rw 28 late at night in heavy haze, as the a/c was turning into the apron, she overshot the taxiway and got the RH main gear bogged in the mud. Pilot said apron lighting blinded him temporarily. A few years later, off a non precision app, late at night in moderate rain, a 737 landed some 200 feet short of the rw. A/c bounced and then landed again on rw. Pilot didnt even know he'd landed short. :o
Need to be very careful when operating into these airfields. Take care..
Shintaro