Cable car · Kuah, Malaysia
Langkawi SkyCab
Langkawi SkyCab is a cable car near Kuah, Malaysia. It climbs 654 m over 2.11 km, from 14 m to 668 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 174 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
92/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Langkawi SkyCab is scarier than 92% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site.
- Highest above the ground: about 174 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.44 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 964 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 961 m of the 2.11 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Langkawi SkyCab is near Kuah, Malaysia, at 14 m above sea level (6.37125° N, 99.67158° E). From there it runs 2.11 km up to the top station at 668 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.