Silampari Airport Explained

Silampari Airport
Nativename:Indonesian: Bandar Udara Silampari|size=small
Iata:LLJ
Icao:WIPB
Type:Civil
City-Served:Lubuklinggau, South Sumatra
Location:Lubuklinggau, South Sumatra
Timezone:WIB
Metric-Elev:y
Elevation-M:125
Coordinates:-3.28°N 102.9172°W
Pushpin Map:Indonesia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Indonesia
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:02/20
R1-Length-M:2,250
R1-Surface:Asphalt

Silampari Airport is an airport located in Lubuklinggau, South Sumatra, Indonesia.

Silampari Airport was originally a pioneering airport and began operation on May 7, 1994. It was inaugurated by the Governor of South Sumatra, Ramli Hasan Basri and the Minister of Transportation, Haryanto Danutirto.

The airport serves only flights on the Silampari-Palembang route with Cassa aircraft with a capacity of 19 passengers.

Due to limited operational funds, the airport was closed between 2001 and 2004. Beginning in January 2005, the airport resumed operations with subsidies from the Government of Musi Rawas.[1]

At the end of May 2015, Nam Air, a subsidiary of Sriwijaya Air, initialized its direct flight to Jakarta with Boeing 737-500. Sriwijaya Air and Nam Air both are medium-service airlines with longer seat pitch, food and beverage, and used one ticket for both airlines.[2]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Statistics

Frequency of flights at Silampari Airport
RankDestinationsFrequency (weekly)Airline(s)
1Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Jakarta10Batik Air

External links


Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20151211124547/http://www.musirawaskab.go.id/index2.php Pemkab Musi Rawas
  2. Web site: Sriwijaya Air offers 'one ticket for two airlines' service . June 27, 2015.