Morokrembangan Naval Air Base
Morokrembangan Naval Air Base Pangkalan Udara Angkatan Laut Morokrembangan | |||||||||||||||
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Aerial view of Morokrembangan Naval Air Base in interwar period | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Netherlands Navy (1925-1942, 1945-1950) Imperial Japanese Navy (1942-1945) Indonesian Navy (1950-1960s) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Morokrembangan, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 9 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 7°13′20″S 112°42′41″E / 7.22222°S 112.71139°E | ||||||||||||||
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Morokrembangan Naval Air Base (Dutch: Marinevliegkamp Morokrembangan, Indonesian: Pangkalan Udara Angkatan Laut Morokrembangan) was a former naval air base of the Royal Netherlands Navy in the Dutch East Indies. The air base was located in Soerabaja and used by the Netherlands Naval Aviation Service. At the start of the Pacific War Morokrembangan Naval Air Base was the largest and best equipped naval air base in Southeast Asia and considered to be one of the most modern naval air bases in the world.
After the handover of sovereignty to Indonesia in December 1949, the air base was used by the Indonesian Naval Aviation until 1960s, when it was closed and replaced by the new Juanda Naval Air Base.