Iskandar Airport Explained

Iskandar Airport
Nativename:Bandar Udara Iskandar
Iata:PKN
Icao:WAGI (previous WAOI)
Type:Military/public
Operator:Government
City-Served:Pangkalan Bun
Location:Pangkalan Bun, West Kotawaringin Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Timezone:WIB
Elevation-F:75
Elevation-M:23
Coordinates:-2.705°N 111.6731°W
Pushpin Map:Borneo
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Kalimantan
Pushpin Label:PKN
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:13/31
R1-Length-F:6,955
R1-Length-M:2,120
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Metric-Rwy:y
Stat-Year:2019
Stat1-Header:passenger
Stat1-Data:677,770
Footnotes:Sumber: List of the busiest airports in IndonesiaIndonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation,[1] DAFIF[2]

Iskandar Airport is a military type-C airport in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia and is the only airport in Central Kalimantan which has an Avtur fuel station. It is the largest military airport in Indonesia, with around a 3,570 hectare area; however, only 200 hectares is currently used for runway and buildings. Iskandar Airport is named after an Indonesian paratrooper from central Kalimantan, Iskandar (1928–1947).

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 75feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 1650mx30mm (5,410feetx100feetm).

The runway was extended to 2120m×45mm (6,960feet×148feetm) in 2014 to accommodate Airbus A320 and Boeing 737.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Iskandar Airport, Pangkalan Bun. Directorate General of Civil Aviation . 31 Dec 2014.
  2. Web site: usurped. Airport information for WAOI. https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAOI. 2019-03-05. World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.