Iskandar Airport

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Iskandar Airport

Bandar Udara Iskandar
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Summary
Airport typeMilitary/public
OperatorGovernment
Serves Pangkalan Bun
Location Pangkalan Bun, West Kotawaringin Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Time zone WIB (UTC+07:00)
Elevation  AMSL 75 ft / 23 m
Coordinates 2°42′18″S111°40′23″E / 2.70500°S 111.67306°E / -2.70500; 111.67306
Website centralkalimantanairport.com
Map
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Airplane silhouette.svg
PKN
Location of airport in Kalimantan
Iskandar Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
13/312,1206,955 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
passenger677,770
Sumber: List of the busiest airports in Indonesia Indonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation, [1] DAFIF [2] [3]

Iskandar Airport( IATA : PKN, ICAO : WAGI (previous: WAOI)) is a military type-C airport in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia and is the only airport in Central Kalimantan which has an Avtur fuel station. It is the largest military airport in Indonesia, with around a 3,570 hectare area; however, only 200 hectares is currently used for runway and buildings. Iskandar Airport is named after an Indonesian paratrooper from central Kalimantan, Iskandar (1928–1947).

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Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 75 feet (23 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,650 by 30 metres (5,413 ft × 98 ft). [2]

The runway was extended to 2,120 by 45 metres (6,955 ft × 148 ft) in 2014 to accommodate Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. [1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Batik Air Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, [4] Semarang, [5] Surabaya [6]
NAM Air Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Semarang, Surabaya

References

  1. 1 2 "Iskandar Airport, Pangkalan Bun". Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Retrieved 31 Dec 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Airport information for WAOI". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  3. Airport information for WAOI at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF  (effective October 2006).
  4. "Instagram".
  5. "Batik Air Ajak Explore di Indonesi Aja dengan Rute Baru Semarang - Pangkalan Bun". KONTAN.CO.ID. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  6. "Batik Air Layani Penerbangan di Kobar Mulai Februari 2024". www.borneonews.co.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-01-28.