Kualanamu International Airport
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Kualanamu International Airport Bandar Udara Internasional Kualanamu |
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| 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) |
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| Elevation AMSL | 23 ft / 7,01 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 03°38′32″N 98°53′7″E / 3.64222°N 98.88528°ECoordinates: 03°38′32″N 98°53′7″E / 3.64222°N 98.88528°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www |
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| Passengers | 8,004,791 |
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Kualanamu International Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Internasional Kualanamu) (IATA: KNO, ICAO: WIMM) is a newly constructed international airport, named after its location at Kuala Namu, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 39 kilometers from Medan, replacing Polonia International Airport. The airport is located on the site of what was previously an oil palm plantation of PT. Perkebunan Nusantara II Tanjung Morawa. The airport is expected to become the new international transit center in Sumatra and the western part of Indonesia, of which it is the second-largest airport after Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, but the first airport which has a direct rail link to Medan city, the capital of North Sumatra. 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.
The airport opened to public on 25 July 2013, handling all flights and services shifted from Polonia International Airport.
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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