Atang Sendjaja Air Force Base

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Atang Sendjaja Air Force Base

Pangkalan Udara (Lanud) Atang Sendjaja
Monumen Helikopter Lanud Atang Sanjaya Bogor - Sikorsky H-34 atau S-58.jpg
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
Owner Indonesian Air Force
Operator Indonesian Air Force
LocationAtang Senjaya, Kemang, Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia
Elevation  AMSL 538 ft / 164 m
Coordinates 06°32′20″S106°45′19″E / 6.53889°S 106.75528°E / -6.53889; 106.75528
Map
Indonesia Bogor Regency location map.svg
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Location in Bogor Regency
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Location in Indonesia
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
02/201,4004,593grass
Source: gcmap.com [1]

Atang Sendjaja or Atang Senjaya Air Force Base ( ICAO : WIAJ) is a small airbase operated by Indonesian Air Force. Located in Kemang, Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia, this airport has a single runway lane of 1.400 m. The airbase is named after Atang Sendjaja, an Indonesian Air Force helicopter pilot. It is one of only two airbases used exclusively by the Indonesian Air Force, the other being Iswahjudi Air Force Base.

The airbase houses two of the four Indonesian Air Force helicopter squadrons, as well as the Search and Rescue Air Unit.

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References

  1. "WICJ - Bogor [Atang Sanjaya AB], JB, ID - Airport - Great Circle Mapper".