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Soewondo Air Force Base

Polonia International Airport
Bandar Udara Internasional Polonia
Polonia intl departure.jpg
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 is located in Sumatra Topography
MES
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: MESICAO: 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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