Adi Sumarmo International Airport is an airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 in Solo

Surakarta

Surakarta, also called Solo or Sala, is a city in Central Java, Indonesia of more than 520,061 people with a population density of 11,811.5 people/km2. The 44 km2 city adjoins Karanganyar Regency and Boyolali Regency to the north, Karanganyar Regency and Sukoharjo Regency to the east and...

, Central Java

Central Java

Central Java is a province of Indonesia. The administrative capital is Semarang. It is one of six provinces on the island of Java.This province is the province of high Human Development in Indonesia and its Points Development Index countries is equivalent to Lebanon. The province of Central Java...

, Indonesia

Indonesia

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. It is located 14 km north of the city.

It was the sole international level airport in Southern Central Java, until the upgrading of the Adisucipto International Airport

Adisucipto International Airport

Adisucipto International Airport is the principal airport serving the Yogyakarta area on the island of Java, Indonesia....

 in Yogyakarta

Yogyakarta (city)

Yogyakarta is a city in the Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia. It is renowned as a centre of classical Javanese fine art and culture such as batik, ballet, drama, music, poetry, and puppet shows. Yogyakarta was the Indonesian capital during the Indonesian National Revolution from 1945 to...

 and the Achmad Yani International Airport

Achmad Yani Airport

Achmad Yani International Airport is the airport serving Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. The airport used to be a military airbase owned by the TNI until 1966 when the airport was declared to be open for domestic commercial flights, other than as an airbase for the Indonesian Army...

 in Semarang

Semarang

- Economy :The western part of the city is home to many industrial parks and factories. The port of Semarang is located on the north coast and it is the main shipping port for the province of Central Java. Many small manufacturers are located in Semarang, producing goods such as textiles,...

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On 28 January 2008, the airport was closed to all commercial traffic for several hours while the body of former Indonesian President Suharto was transported from Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport

Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport

-Accidents and Incidents:*On 24 June 1982, British Airways Flight 009, a Boeing 747-200 flew through a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, causing the failure of all four engines. The crew diverted the aircraft to Jakarta and it landed safely.-References:* -External...

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On 2 March 2009, operational change to new terminal.

Airlines and destinations

Incidents

• On 30 November 2004, Lion Air Flight 538
  Lion Air Flight 538
  Lion Air Flight 538 was a flight from Jakarta to Surabaya with a transit in Surakarta, Indonesia carrying 146 passengers. On November 30, 2004 the MD-82 plane crash landed in the Adi Sumarmo Airport in Surakarta. The plane overran the end of the 2600 m runway. Despite a regular night flight, there...
  
  overran the runaway when landing in bad weather