Supadio Airport

Supadio International Airport Bandar Udara Internasional Supadio
IATA: PNK ICAO: WIOO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Indonesia
Operator	PT Angkasa Pura II
Location	Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Hub for	Kalstar Aviation
Elevation AMSL	10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	00°09′02″S 109°24′14″E / 0.15056°S 109.40389°E / -0.15056; 109.40389
Website	supadio-airport.co.id
Map
PNK Show map of Borneo Topography PNK Show map of Indonesia Location of airport in Kalimantan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 15/33 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 2.274.300
Source: DAFIF;List of the busiest airports in Indonesia Navigational Aids: VOR-DME, NDB

Supadio International Airport (IATA: PNK, ICAO: WIOO) is an international airport located 17 km from Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The airport is managed by PT. Angkasa Pura II, and takes up 528 ha.

The airport was originally built in the 1940s as Sungai Durian Airport. In the 1980s, it was renamed Supadio Airport. Supadio has a history of domestic and limited international flights. In the 1970s flights started to Kuching International Airport by Merpati and, in the 1980s flights to Singapore serviced by Garuda.NI Air Force is one part Integral of the Indonesian Armed Forces has the principal task of upholding state sovereignty in the airspace of the National, maintaining the territorial integrity of the National Air and Space and law enforcement in the air as well as developing the potential of the National into a defense and security force in the air, while the Air Force has a function as a means of defense and security in the national airspace. In the execution of their duties and functions, have been outlined to the Board which is under the command of the Air Force.

Implementation of the functions and duties of the Air Force described in the units under its ranks and one line under the ranks of the Air Force is the Operations Command Air Force (KOOPSAU) and the commando unit has a function as Command Territorial, which is divided into two parts: Air Force Operations Command I for Indonesia for Regional Command Western Command and Air Force Operations Command Territorial II for Eastern Indonesia.

The success rate in the implementation of the basic tasks each commando unit that depends on the success rate of units / work units under its ranks. As for one unit / air base which is under the responsibility of coaching the Air Force Operations Command I (KOOPSAU I) is the Supadio Air Force Base, which has the main task as an enforcer air sovereignty in West Kalimantan in Indonesia in particular and the region in general.

Supadio Air Force Base in the course of its history, starting from an area covered by jungle. With the development of the economic level of the community in the surrounding area Sei./Sungai Kampung Durian, especially in the area of Port Motor Sei./Sungai Durian, causing the development of freight traffic flows Kapoeas be increased rapidly. Lalulintaspun increasing current density solid, especially after the opening of the highway from the intersection of three to Pontianak so the density of traffic on the Kapuas River and in the flow of road traffic.