Fatmawati_Soekarno_Airport Knowpia

Fatmawati Soekarno Airport

*Bandar Udara Fatmawati Soekarno*
Fatmawati Soekarno Airport; Bandar Udara Fatmawati Soekarno
	IATA: BKS; ICAO: WIGG (previous: WIPL);
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government
Operator	PT. Angkasa Pura II
Serves	Bengkulu, Indonesia
Time zone	WIB (UTC+07:00)
Elevation AMSL	50 ft / 15 m
Coordinates	03°51′43″S 102°20′12″E / 3.86194°S 102.33667°E
Website	airportbks.dephub.go.id
Map
	BKS Location of airport in Sumatra
Runways
	Source: DAFIF

Fatmawati Soekarno Airport (IATA: BKS, ICAO: WIGG), formerly Padang Kemiling Airport, is an airport in Bengkulu, a city in the Bengkulu province of Indonesia. It is named after Fatmawati Soekarno (1923–1980), the First Lady of Indonesia, married to Soekarno, the first President of Indonesia who was born in the town. The distance from the city to this airport is 14 km.^[3]

Facilities edit

At present the airport has a 2,500 m x 45 m runway with an asphalt surface. It was managed by the UPT Directorate General of Transportation, which is transferred to Angkasa Pura II. The largest types of aircraft that can operate at this airport are Airbus A320, A321 and Boeing 737.

Construction of a new terminal in two stages is undertaken to anticipate the movement of 5.6 million passengers, and to operate as an international airport.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Airlines and destinations edit

Airlines	Destinations
Citilink	Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta
Garuda Indonesia	Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta
Lion Air	Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta
Super Air Jet	Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta^[7]
Susi Air	Enggano, Mukomuko, Pagar Alam

Statistics edit

**Frequency of domestic flights at Fatmawati Soekarno Airport**
Rank	Destinations	Frequency (weekly)	Airline(s)
1	Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Cengkareng - Banten	49	Citilink, Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air, Super Air Jet
2	Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport, Palembang - South Sumatera	7	Wings Air <suspended>
3	Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, Jakarta - Capital Special Region of Jakarta	7	Batik Air
4	Hang Nadim International Airport, Batam - Riau Islands	7	Wings Air <suspended>
5	Minangkabau International Airport, Padang Pariaman - West Sumatera	7	Wings Air <suspended>
6	Radin Inten II International Airport, Bandar Lampung - Lampung	7	Wings Air <suspended>
7	Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Bandung - West Java	4	Wings Air <suspended>
8	Mukomuko Airport, Mukomuko - Bengkulu	2	Air Aviation, Susi Air
9	Enggano Airport, Enggano Island - North Bengkulu	1	Susi Air

References edit

^ "Airport information for WIPL". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
^ Airport information for WIPL at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
^ "Bengkulu set to build new airport". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
^ "Presiden Jokowi Minta AP II Sulap Bandara Fatmawati Jadi Internasional". Retrieved 17 February 2019.
^ "Bandara Fatmawati Bengkulu Bidik Rute Malaysia dan Singapura PP". Kompas. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
^ "Airport operator invites investors to develop 11 airports". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
^ "SUPER AIR JET Kini Terbang ke Bengkulu dan Tanjung Pandan". tourismvaganza. Retrieved 19 September 2022.