Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport

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Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II)
Bandar Udara Internasional Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II (SMB II)
PesawatdiSMB2IA.jpg
SMB II Apron
IATA: PLM – ICAO: WIPP
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Indonesia
Operator PT Angkasa Pura II
Serves Palembang
Location Palembang, South Sumatra
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 121 ft / 37 m
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Website smbadaruddin2-airport.co.id
Map
PLM is located in Sumatra Topography
PLM
PLM
Location in Sumatra
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 9,843 3,000 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 7,876,761[citation needed]
Aircraft Movements 137,605

Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Internasional Sultan Mahmud Badarudin II) (IATA: PLM, ICAO: WIPP) is an international airport serving the city of Palembang, South Sumatra and surrounding areas. It is in the region KM.10 Sukarame District. It is named after Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin, the last Sultan of Palembang.

History

At least as early as 1938, Palembang was served by a civil airport at Talang Betutu, operating as a Customs Aerodrome equipped with wireless and direction finding equipment, and basic ground facilities.[1] The airport was re-built by the Japanese army during the Japanese occupation in 1942-1943. On July 15, 1963, it was a joint airfield, for civilian and military purposes. Then on August 21, 1975 the status of became Talang Betutu Civil Airports. On April 3, 1985, the name changed to Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport.

Effective 1 April 1991, the airport is officially managed by the Management of Perum Angkasa Pura II. On January 2, 1992 Management Perum Angkasa Pura II changed its status into PT (Persero) Angkasa Pura II.

When South Sumatra Province was chosen as the host of PON XVI in 2004, the government soughts to enlarge the capacity of the airport as well as change the status into an international airport. New terminal building Airport Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II was completed and inaugurated on September 27, 2005.

Development

It has officially become an international airport and can accommodate the wide-body aircraft as of September 27, 2005. The development started on September 18, 2003 with a total cost of Rp366, 7 billion from the Japan International Bank Corporation IDR 251,9 billion and matching funds from the state budget amounting to IDR 114,8 billion.

Between the development undertaken is an extension of the runway along the 300 meters x 60 meters to 3,000 meters x 60 meters, construction vehicle parking area of 20,000 meters which can accommodate 1,000 vehicles as well as the construction of a three-floor passenger terminal covering 13,000 square meters which can accommodate 1,250 passengers, equipped aerobridges and cargo terminals, and other support buildings covering an area of 1900 square meters.

This development means International Airport Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II can accommodate Airbus A330, Boeing 747 and other wide-body aircraft. In addition, the flow of passengers is projected to rise from 7,720 passengers to 16,560 passengers. After that there will be construction of toll roads Indralaya-Palembang-Sultan Mahmud Airport Badarudin II to facilitate access.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations Terminal
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur–International International
Batik Air Jakarta–Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta Domestic
Citilink Bandung, Batam, Jakarta–Halim Perdanakusuma, Surabaya Domestic
Express Air Bandar Lampung, Bandung, Pekanbaru, Yogyakarta Domestic
Garuda Indonesia Hajj: Jeddah International
Garuda Indonesia Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Medan Domestic
Garuda Indonesia
operated by Explore Garuda		 Bandar Lampung, Bengkulu, Jambi, Pangkal Pinang Domestic
Indonesia AirAsia Medan Domestic
Jetstar Asia Airways Singapore[2][3] International
Lion Air Batam, Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Pangkal Pinang,Yogyakarta Domestic
Nam Air Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Pangkal Pinang, Yogyakarta Domestic
Silk Air Singapore International
Sriwijaya Air Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Pangkal Pinang Domestic
Susi Air Jambi Domestic
Wings Air Jambi[4][5] Domestic

Statistics

Top Destinations of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport by Flight Frequency
Rank Destinations Flight frequency per week Airline(s)
1 Jakarta COA.svg Jakarta 217 Citilink (Halim Perdana Kusuma), Garuda Indonesia,
, Sriwijaya Air, Nam Air, Lion Air, Batik Air (Halim Perdana Kusuma) & (Soekarno-Hatta)
2 Lambang Riau Kepulauan.jpeg Batam 21 Citilink, Lion Air
3 West Java coa.svg Bandung 14 Express Air, Citilink
4 Singapore Singapore 6 SilkAir, Jetstar
5 Coat of arms of Bangka Belitung Islands.svg Pangkal Pinang 42 Sriwijaya Air, Lion Air, Garuda Indonesia
6 Coat of arms of Bali.svg Denpasar/Bali 7 Garuda Indonesia
7 North Sumatra coa.png Medan 14 Garuda Indonesia, Airasia Indonesia
8 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 7 AirAsia
9 Yogyakarta COA.svg Yogyakarta 7 Nam Air,Lion Air,Express Air
10 Coat of arms of East Java.svg Surabaya 7 Citilink
11 West Sumatra coa.svg Padang 7 Citilink
12 Bengkulu coa.png Bengkulu 7 Garuda Indonesia
13 Riau COA.svg Pekanbaru 6 Express Air
14 Lampung coa.png Bandar Lampung 21 Express Air, Garuda Indonesia, Wings Air
15 Prov.Jambi.svg Jambi 14 Garuda Indonesia, Wings Air
16 Lambang Kota Pagar Alam.gif Pagar Alam 2 Susi Air

Incidents

On September 24, 1975, Garuda Indonesia Flight 150 crashed on approach to Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport. The accident, which was attributed to poor weather and fog, killed 25 out of 61 passengers plus one person on the ground.[6]

References

  1. ↑ [title="Jane's All The World's Aircraft |publisher=Sampson Low 1938"]
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ http://book.jetstar.com/Select.aspx
  4. ↑ http://indo-aviation.com/2015/11/25/mulai-desember-wings-air-luncurkan-tiga-rute-baru-dari-jambi/
  5. ↑ https://agent.lionair.co.id/LionAirAgentsPortal/Default.aspx/
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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