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Kuala Namu

Kualanamu International Airport
Bandar Udara Internasional Kualanamu
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Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Indonesia
Operator PT Angkasa Pura II
Serves Medan
Location Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Opened 25 July 2013 (operational)
27 March 2014 (official)
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 23 ft / 7,01 m
Coordinates 03°38′32″N 98°53′7″E / 3.64222°N 98.88528°E / 3.64222; 98.88528Coordinates: 03°38′32″N 98°53′7″E / 3.64222°N 98.88528°E / 3.64222; 98.88528
Website www.kualanamu-airport.co.id
Maps
Sumatra region in Indonesia
Sumatra region in Indonesia
KNO is located in Sumatra Topography
KNO
KNO
KNO is located in Indonesia
KNO
KNO
Location of airport in Sumatra
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 12,303 3,750 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 8,956,724
Passengers 8,956,724

Kualanamu International Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Internasional Kualanamu) (IATA: KNOICAO: WIMM) is an international airport serving Medan, Indonesia. It is located in Deli Serdang regency, 26 km east of downtown Medan. Kualanamu is the second largest airport (after Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta) and the fifth busiest airport in Indonesia (after Soekarno–Hatta, Ngurah Rai, Juanda and Hasanuddin).

The airport opened to public on 25 July 2013, handling all flights and services shifted from Polonia International Airport. The airport was built on the site of what was previously an oil palm plantation of company Perkebunan Nusantara II Tanjung Morawa. The airport is expected to become the new international transit center in Sumatra and the western part of Indonesia. It is part of Indonesia's central government's program under "Masterplan to Accelerate and Expand Economic Development in Indonesia" (MP3EI) and one of the strategies for the ASEAN Single Aviation Market (ASEAN-SAM), an open skies policy among member-countries in the Southeast Asia region starting 2015.

Polonia airport was the site of several accidents. It is located in the center of the city of Medan (therefore precluding further expansions), has a challenging takeoff path and a relatively short runway. The development of Kualanamu Airport initiated in 1991. In a visit to Medan, Azwar Anas, Minister of Transport at the time, stated that for the sake of aviation safety, a new airport would be developed outside of the city of Medan.


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