SAM Air

SAM Air

Fleet size	2
Destinations	10
Parent company	PT Semuwa Aviasi Mandiri [1]
Headquarters	Jakarta, Indonesia
Key people	Wagus Hidayat [2]
Website	www.sam-air.net

SAM Air is a regional domestic airline in Indonesia owned by PT Semuwa Aviasi Mandiri. Currently, SAM Air serves several small towns and islands in Eastern Indonesia.

Destinations

Country	City/Regency	IATA	Airport	Note	Reference
Indonesia	Bolaang Mongondow	LKM	Bolaang Mongondow Airport		[3]
	Buol	UOL	Pogogul Airport		[4]
	Gorontalo	GTO	Jalaluddin Airport		[5]
	Sangihe Islands	NAH	Naha Airport		[6]
	Siau Tagulandang Biaro Islands	BRG	Taman Bung Karno Airport		[7]
	Talaud Islands	MNA	Melonguane Airport		[8]
	Talaud Islands	MKF	Miangas Airport		[9]
	Manado	MDC	Sam Ratulangi International Airport		[10]
	Palu	PLW	Mutiara SIS Al-Jufrie Airport		[11]
	Pohuwato		Panua Airport		[12]

Fleet

Fleet owned by SAM Air are as follows: ^[13]

SAM Air Fleet

Aircraft	In operation	Class (Y)	Note	Registration Number
Cessna 208 Caravan	1		commercial
DHC-6 Twin Otter	1 (as of August 2025) [14]		commercial
Total	2

Accidents and incidents

• 23 June 2023: a SAM Air aircraft Cessna 208 Caravan with registration PK-SMW crashed shortly after takeoff from Elelim Airport in Yalimo Regency, Papua Mountains Province. This accident resulted in the death of 4 passengers and 2 crew members. ^[15]
• 20 October 2024: A de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter registered as PK-SMH, crashed during a flight from Gorontalo-Jalaluddin to Bumi Panua Pohuwato killing all 4 people on board. ^[16]

References

1. "PT SEMUWA AVIASI MANDIRI". hubud.dephub.go.id.
2. Indria Pamungkas, Destriana (24 June 2023). "Ternyata ini pemilik maskapai SAM Air yang pesawatnya jatuh di pegunungan Papua". okezone.com (in Indonesian).
3. Panigoro, Ruslan (18 February 2024). "SAM Air landing perdana di Bandar Udara Lolak Bolmong". suarautara.com (in Indonesian).
4. Ahmad (5 February 2024). "Bandara Pogogul Buol segera beroperasi dengan pesawat perintis". rri.co.id (in Indonesian).
5. Adventy, Artha (30 September 2024). "BBN Airlines terbang perdana rute Jakarta Balikpapan". ekonomi.bisnis.com (in Indonesian).
6. Adolong, Sriwani (1 August 2024). "Ini jadwal penerbangan SAM Air rute Nusa Utara". manadopost.jawapos.com (in Indonesian).
7. "SAM Air sukses landing perdana di Bandara Taman Bung Karno Siau". sitarokab.go.id (in Indonesian). 20 February 2024.
8. "SAM Air layani penerbangan perintis dari Bandara Sam Ratulangi ke Melonguane hingga Gorontalo". barometer.co.id (in Indonesian). 20 February 2024.
9. "Dibuka sejak Februari 2024 penerbangan perintis ke Pulau Miangas rutin beroperasi". kabar-online.com (in Indonesian). 3 September 2024.
10. "Beri harapan baru penerbangan SAM Air ke Pulau Miangas rutin beroperasi". suarasulut.com (in Indonesian). 3 September 2024.
11. "BBN Airlines mendarat perdana di Bali layani rute Jakarta setiap hari". detik.com (in Indonesian). 3 October 2024.
12. "Sekarang ke Pohuwato sudah bisa naik pesawat terbang". coolturnesia.com (in Indonesian). 18 February 2024.
13. "SAM Air perkenalkan pesawat barunya PK-SMG kepada instruktur dan siswa PPI Curug". semuwaberita.com.
14. "Global Airline Guide 2025 - SAM Air". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 62.
15. Jatuh-dan-terbakar-di-pegunungan-papua "This is the Chronology of the SAM Air Plane Crash that Crashed and Burned in the Papua Mountains - Jawa Pos". jawapos.com. 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2023-06-23.{{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)
16. https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/454842