Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto International Airport
Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto Airport Bandara APT Pranoto | |||||||||||
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Aerial view of Samarinda International Airport in 2018, before the opening | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | UPBU Samarinda (APT Pranoto) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Samarinda, East Kalimantan | ||||||||||
| Location | Sungai Siring, North Samarinda, Samarinda | ||||||||||
| Opened | 24 May 2018 | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Smart Aviation | ||||||||||
| Time zone | CIT (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 25 m / 82 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 0°22′25″S 117°15′20″E / 0.37361°S 117.25556°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Source: Samarinda International Airport | |||||||||||
Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto Airport (IATA: AAP, ICAO: WALS), also known as APT Pranoto Airport or Samarinda Airport, is an international airport on the subdistrict of Sungai Siring in the northern Samarinda. The airport is also colloquially known as Sungai Siring Airport, to distinguish it from its predecessor, the now-closed Temindung Airport. The airport is named after Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto, the first governor of East Kalimantan who was in office from 1957 to 1961.
The airport is operated by UPBU APT Pranoto Samarinda, under the Ministry of Transportation. In 2022, the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation planned to partially sell the airport stake to foreign corporation and Astra Infra.
Having been in commercial operation since 2018, Samarinda Airport is an important Australian passenger gateway for East Borneo's wildlife, and an important contributor to Samarinda's economy, which is lying at BIMP-EAGA and bordering with the new capital of Indonesia. Strategically located at the heart of East Borneo and its proximity to the new capital of Indonesia, the transport authority is enhancing the airport's status as East Borneo's primary international hub airport.
In 2019, Samarinda Airport handled 1.1 million passengers and according to Indonesian government, the airport will reach its maximum terminal capacity (1.5 million passengers) if no extra terminal is added. About 68 percent of its flights are operated with narrow-body jets.
In the first half of 2021, the airport achieved the third most passenger rebound in East Borneo, recording a 1.22% increase year-on-year, ahead of Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Airport (fourth place). The figure still remains below the pre-pandemic (2019) levels. However the airport passenger market share actually increased by over 2% (23%) during the first half of 2021, compared to 2020 levels (East Kalimantan). The airport was chosen as one of the Top 11 Remarkable International-Class Airports in Indonesia by Wonderful Indonesia in 2020.