Hasanuddin International Airport
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Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport is located 17 km northeast of Makassar
Makassar
Makassar, is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably...

 and operated by PT. Angkasa Pura I
Angkasa Pura
PT. Angkasa Pura is a state enterprise of the Indonesian Department of Transport that is responsible for the management of airports and air traffic services in Indonesia. PT. Angkasa Pura is made up of two parts: PT Angkasa Pura I & PT Angkasa Pura II.Angkasa Pura I has its head office in Jakarta...

. The new terminal was opened on 20 August 2008. This airport is the main gateway for flights to the eastern part of Indonesia, and named after Sultan Hasanuddin, a Sultan of Gowa, who fought against the Dutch East India Company
Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia...

 in the 1660s.

Location

Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport is located on the border of Makassar
Makassar
Makassar, is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably...

, and Maros
Maros
Maros is a town in the South Sulawesi province of Indonesia; it is the capital of the Maros Regency. Nearby is a prehistoric cave that has been submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative list.- References :...

, a suburb in South Sulawesi
South Sulawesi
South Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia, located on the western southern peninsula of Sulawesi Island. The province is bordered by Central Sulawesi province to the north, South East Sulawesi province to the east and West Sulawesi province to the west...

, approximately 15 minutes (17 km) from Makassar
Makassar
Makassar, is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably...

 city via Toll
Toll road
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 way or 20 minutes (23 km) via regular road.

History

Hasanuddin Airport was built in 1935 by the Government Indies Netherlands, named Kadieng Flying Field and located approximately 22 kilometers to the north of the city. An airfield runway with grass-sized 1600 mx 45 m (Runway 08-26) was inaugurated on September 27, 1937, marked with the commercial flight linking Singapore
Singapore
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 with the Douglas Aircraft D2/F6 company KNILM (Koninklijke Nederlands Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij). In 1942, the government of Japan expanded the field using POW labor and renamed the field Field Mandai. In 1945, the government partners Dutch
Netherlands
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 built a new runway .

In 1950, the Government
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 of Indonesia
Indonesia
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 Department of Public Works, Section Flying Field, took over the field, and it was transferred to the Civil Aviation
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, now the Directorate General Air Transportation in 1955, which extended the runway 2,345 m x 45m and renamed the airport Air Mandai. In 1980, the 13-31 runway was built—2500 m x 45 m; it was in this year, that the Port of Air Mandai changed to Air Port Hasanuddin, and in 1981 was again renamed Airports Embarkation / debarkation Hajj in 1985 and the Port of Hasanuddin Air changed its name to Hasanuddin Airport.

On 3 March 1987, the management of Hasanuddin Airport was transferred from the Directorate General of Air Transport to Perum Angkasa Pura I
Angkasa Pura
PT. Angkasa Pura is a state enterprise of the Indonesian Department of Transport that is responsible for the management of airports and air traffic services in Indonesia. PT. Angkasa Pura is made up of two parts: PT Angkasa Pura I & PT Angkasa Pura II.Angkasa Pura I has its head office in Jakarta...

, based on Government Regulation No. 1 / 1987 of 9 January 1987. On January 1, 1993 the status changed to PT (Persero) Angkasa Pura
Angkasa Pura
PT. Angkasa Pura is a state enterprise of the Indonesian Department of Transport that is responsible for the management of airports and air traffic services in Indonesia. PT. Angkasa Pura is made up of two parts: PT Angkasa Pura I & PT Angkasa Pura II.Angkasa Pura I has its head office in Jakarta...

 I. On 30 October 1994, Hasanuddin Airport, now International Airport in accordance with the decision of the Minister of Transportation, KM number 61/1994 dated 7 January 1995, and inaugurated by the Governor Level I Regional Head of South Sulawesi
South Sulawesi
South Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia, located on the western southern peninsula of Sulawesi Island. The province is bordered by Central Sulawesi province to the north, South East Sulawesi province to the east and West Sulawesi province to the west...

 Province. 28 March 1995 marked the flight by Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines
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 directly from Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
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 to Hasanuddin Airport Makassar
Makassar
Makassar, is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably...

, then followed with a Silk Air flight that connected Singapore Changi Airport with Hasanuddin. Since 1990, Hasanuddin Airport is used as embarkation / debarkation directly from the pilgrimage to Jeddah
Jeddah
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 vv.

In addition to this remote Hasanuddin airport before the flight to serve International traffic in control area Eastern Indonesia Makassar
Makassar
Makassar, is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably...

 UCA
UCA
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 (Upper Area Control), which include areas air through the western part of the Kalimantan
Kalimantan
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 border to the country Papua New Guinea
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 to the east, and from the border region Air of Australia
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 to the south to the border region Philippine and Oakland in (USA) to the north

Hasanuddin Airport serves the Eastern Indonesia Area and South Sulawesi Province. On 20 August 2008 the new terminal was operational. The terminal is 5 times larger than the old one and can accommodate most types of aircraft from small aircraft to Boeing 747
Boeing 747
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s

On January 8, 2010, the airport inaugurated its newly built 3100 m runway (3/21) for commercial flights.With the inauguration of the 2nd runway, Hasanuddin became the second airport in Indonesia that has two runways after Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Soekarno–Hatta International Airport , popularly abbreviated SHIA or Soetta is the main airport serving the greater Jakarta area on the island of Java, Indonesia. The airport is named after the first President of Indonesia, Soekarno, and the first vice-president, Mohammad Hatta. The airport is...

 in Jakarta. It is also the only airport in Indonesia that has a pair of non-parallel (cross like) runway.

Between 2011 - 2012, the local government will started to extend the runway from 3100 m to 3500 m so it can be maximally landed by biggest aircraft such as 747. It's still waiting for the clearance of nearby residency area.

Old Terminal

This terminal not longer used for commercial flights because of overcapacity. Since the new terminal opened on 20 august 2008, all operational commercial flights moved from old terminal to new terminal. Then, this terminal is used by the TNI-AU
Indonesian Air Force
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 (Indonesian Air Force) which houses Skadron Udara 11 (Air Squadron 11).

New Terminal

Located in southern side of old terminal new terminal connected by Raya Bandara 1 Road. This terminal used new concept eco-airport and adopted traditional house style of South Sulawesi
South Sulawesi
South Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia, located on the western southern peninsula of Sulawesi Island. The province is bordered by Central Sulawesi province to the north, South East Sulawesi province to the east and West Sulawesi province to the west...

. With capacity 7 million passengers and in 2010 has served 5 million passengers, this terminal is five times larger than the old terminal. Has area 51 thousands meters square for terminal building and 78 thousand meters square for apron, also six jetbridges installed in new terminal. Apron of terminal can accommodate most types of aircraft from small aircraft to Boeing 747
Boeing 747
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s. This new terminal also has 60 shop stands in the shopping area, free hotspot in waiting room, and 350 trolleys.

Airlines and destinations

Air Squadron 11

Sultan Hasanuddin Airport also used for TNI-AU
Indonesian Air Force
The Indonesian Air Force is the air force branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces.The Indonesian Air Force has 34,930 personnel equipped with 110 combat aircraft including Su-27 and Su-30.-Before Indonesian independence :...

 (Indonesian Air Force) which houses Skadron Udara 11 (Air Squadron 11). Since operational commercial flight moved to new terminal, this squadron used the old terminal. The Squadron is equipped with Su-27SK, Su-30MK/Su-30MK2, A-4E/A-4H
A-4 Skyhawk
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, TA-4H/TA-4J
A-4 Skyhawk
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. Except for the TA-4J/T-4H all Skyhawks are retired and are currently being replaced with new Su-27SKMs & Su-30MK2s Flankers. Later it will become house of F16 aircraft.

External links

Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport official website Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport @ Angkara Pusa II Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport @ Directorate General of Civil Aviation
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