Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport

Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) Bandar Udara Internasional Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II (SMB II)
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
Elevation AMSL	121 ft / 37 m
Website	smbadaruddin2-airport.co.id
Map
PLM Location in Sumatra
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 11,842 5,000 Paved
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 5.988.994
Source: List of the busiest airports in Indonesia

Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport (Template:Lang-id) (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. 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
Aviastar	Lubuk Linggau	Domestic
Citilink	Batam, Jakarta-Halim Perdanakusuma, Padang, Surabaya	Domestic
Express Air	Bandar Lampung, Bandung	Domestic
Garuda Indonesia	Hajj: Jeddah	International
Garuda Indonesia	Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta-Soekarno Hatta, Medan	Domestic
Garuda Indonesia operated by Explore Jet	Bandar Lampung, Batam, Bengkulu, Jambi, Pangkal Pinang(All Begins 2015)	Domestic
Indonesia AirAsia	Medan, Singapore(Begins 2015)	Domestic
Lion Air	Batam, Jakarta-Soekarno Hatta, Pangkal Pinang(Begins 19 December 2014)	Domestic
Nam Air	Yogyakarta	Domestic
SilkAir	Singapore	International
Sriwijaya Air	Jakarta-Soekarno Hatta, Pangkal Pinang	Domestic
Susi Air	Bengkulu, Jambi, Lubuk Linggau, Pagar Alam	Domestic

Statistics

Top Destinations of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport by Flight Frequency

Rank	Destinations	Flight frequency per week	Airline(s)
1	Jakarta	155	Citilink, Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air, Sriwijaya Air
2	Batam	21	Citilink, Lion Air
3	Bandung	7	Express Air
4	Singapore	7	SilkAir
5	Pangkal Pinang	7	Sriwijaya Air
6	Denpasar/Bali	7	Garuda Indonesia
7	Medan	7	Garuda Indonesia
8	Kuala Lumpur	7	AirAsia
9	Yogyakarta	7	Nam Air
10	Surabaya	7	Citilink
11	Padang	7	Citilink
12	Bengkulu	5	Susi Air
13	Lubuk Linggau	5	Aviastar, Susi Air
14	Bandar Lampung	3	Exprees Air
15	Jambi	2	Susi Air
16	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.

External links

• Official Website
• PT Angkasa Pura II Website
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