Kemayoran Airport

Kemayoran Airport Luchthaven Kemajoran (Dutch), Bandar Udara Kemayoran (Indonesian)
Kemayoran Airport in August 1940
IATA: JKT ICAO: WIID
Summary
Airport type	Public, Military, Defunct
Location	Jakarta, Indonesia
Elevation AMSL	12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	06°08′50″S 106°51′00″E / 6.14722°S 106.85000°E / -6.14722; 106.85000Coordinates: 06°08′50″S 106°51′00″E / 6.14722°S 106.85000°E / -6.14722; 106.85000
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 7,500 3,100 Asphalt

Kemayoran Airport, also spelled Kemajoran Airport, was the principal airport for Jakarta, Indonesia, from 8 July 1940 until 31 March 1985, when it was replaced by Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Kemayoran Airport replaced Jakarta's first airport at Cililitan. What was Kemayoran Airport is now located in two subdistricts: the southern part is located in the Kemayoran Subdistrict, (Central Jakarta) and the northern part is in Pademangan Subdistrict, (North Jakarta).

Douglas DC-8 jetliners flown by Garuda Indonesia, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Japan Airlines, UTA French Airlines, Air Ceylon and Thai International Airways operated to Kemayoran in the 1960s and early 1970s, as did Cathay Pacific Convair 880 jets. Paris-based Transports Aeriens Intercontinentaux formerly served Kemayoran with DC-8s prior to being merged into UTA. Garuda Indonesia also flew Convair 990 and Douglas DC-9 jets as well as Fokker F27 turboprops into the airport at this time. Boeing 707 jetliners operated by Air India, Malaysia-Singapore Airlines, Pan Am and QANTAS served Kemayoran as well.