Soewondo Air Force Base

Polonia International Airport Bandar Udara Internasional Polonia
IATA: MES ICAO: WIMK
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Government of Indonesia
Operator	PT Angkasa Pura II
Serves	Medan
Location	Medan, Indonesia
Opened	1928
Closed	Thursday, 25 July 2013 at 00:30 WIB.
Elevation AMSL	114 ft / 35 m
Coordinates	03°33′29″N 98°40′18″E / 3.55806°N 98.67167°E / 3.55806; 98.67167Coordinates: 03°33′29″N 98°40′18″E / 3.55806°N 98.67167°E / 3.55806; 98.67167
Website	www.poloniaairport.com
Map
MES Location of airport in Sumatra
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 7,890,796 Aircraft Movement 65,966 Cargo 38,813,435
Source: DAFIF

Passengers	7,890,796
Aircraft Movement	65,966
Cargo	38,813,435

Soewondo Air Force Base is the former Polonia International Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Internasional Polonia) (IATA: MES, ICAO: WIMK) which was the principal airport serving Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, about 2 km from the downtown, and used to serve flights to several Indonesian and Malaysian cities, along with a flight to Singapore and Thailand. Previous international flights had been opened to Hong Kong, Taipei, Amsterdam, Phuket, Chennai, Johor Bahru, Malacca and Ipoh.

At the end of its service as civil airport, Polonia was the fourth largest airport in Indonesia after Soekarno–Hatta, Juanda, and Ngurah Rai, in terms of passenger numbers. Passenger service charges for each departed through domestic terminal was IDR 35,000 ($4.1) and IDR 75,000 ($8.8) for international terminal.

All flights and services from this airport shifted to Kuala Namu International Airport on 25 July 2013. Following the airport's opening, Polonia's ICAO code is changed from WIMM to WIMK, since WIMM is assigned for Kuala Namu.

Now as Soewondo Air Force Base, the airport belongs to the Indonesian Air Force. It will host the Western Surveillance Wing including eight CN-235 tactical surveillance airplanes.

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