Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin III Airport

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Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin III Airport

Bandar Udara Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerWest Nusa Tenggara provincial government
OperatorUPT Director General of Transportation
Serves Sumbawa Besar
Location Sumbawa Besar, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Time zone WITA (UTC+08:00)
Elevation  AMSL 19 ft / 5.79 m
Coordinates 08°29′19″S117°24′51.01″E / 8.48861°S 117.4141694°E / -8.48861; 117.4141694
Map
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SWQ
Location of the airport in Indonesia
Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin III Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
14/325,4131,800 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers61986

Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin Airport( IATA : SWQ, ICAO : WADS), [1] formerly Brang Bidji Airport, is located in Sumbawa Besar, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It is one of the only two airports in the island of Sumbawa, the other being Sultan Muhammad Salahudin Airport in Bima. The airport is named after Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin III, the last sultan of the Sultanate of Sumbawa.

Contents

Currently, the airport serves for daily flights to Lombok and denpasar. two arriving and two departing, each operated by Wings Air, at 2024

and both using the ATR-72 aircraft.

In 2015, 77,365 passengers used the airport, and in 2017 this increased to 112,096, after cobid 19 in 2024 passengers used the airport 61,986

Airport development

To improve economic growth and cope with the increasing passenger growth every year, the airport was renovated in 2016, both airside and landside. The work carried out was apron widening and taxiway construction including supervision, construction of inspection roads with asphalt concrete, airport fence rehabilitation, construction of new terminals including supervision and fulfillment of runway strip standards due to runway extension. In addition, the apron was expanded from 70 x 240 m to 80 x 240 m, expansion of parking area, addition of new fences, procurement and installation of runway RTIL, procurement and installation of apron and taxiway light due to apron expansion and manufacture of new taxiways, procurement and installation of flood double light pole.

Currently the new terminal has an area of 2,790 m2, four times wider than the old terminal which is only 840 m2 in size. The arrival room also expanded from 96 m2 to 480 m2. While the waiting room is also expanded from 120 m2 to 960 m2. The new terminal has the typical architectural concept of the Sumbawa traditional house. [2]

The development of the airport was scheduled to be continued in 2019. Plans included the extension of the runway from 1650 mx 30 m to 1800 mx 30 m, including marking, preparation of runway strips and RESA as well as air side channels, canopy work and terminal building interiors, renovation work administration building, PKP-PK access road widening work, land side landscape work, procurement and installation of integrated lightning rods, procurement and installation of solar cell street lights, preparation of BKK, DLKR and DLKP studies and airport development supervision work. [3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Wings Air Denpasar, [4] Lombok

Statistics

Frequency of flights at Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin III Airport (April 2024)
RankDestinationsFrequency (weekly)Airline(s)
1 Lombok daily

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References

  1. "Airport information for WADS - Brang Bidji Airport - Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Data current as of October 2006.
  2. "Terminal Baru Bandara Sumbawa Ini Siap Diresmikan!". Good News From Indonesia. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  3. Dorong kegiatan ekonomi Sumbawa, Bandara Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin siap diresmikan
  4. "Wings Air Buka Rute Baru Bali - Sumbawa Mulai 21 Juni 2024". Instagram. Retrieved 7 June 2024.