Kuala Namu International Airport

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Kuala Namu International Airport Bandar Udara Internasional Kuala Namu
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Summary
Airport type		public
Operator		PT Angkasa Pura II
Serves		Medan
Elevation AMSL		ft ( m)
Coordinates

Kuala Namu International Airport (also known as New Medan International Airport) is a new airport under construction to replace Polonia International Airport, site of several crashes, and inappropriately located in the centre of the city of Medan, and with a difficult takeoff path, and short runway. Construction began on 29 June 2006 [1], shortly before the first anniversary of the crash of Mandala Airlines Flight 091. The airport is due for completion in October 2009, and it will serve the city of Medan on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The airport has 15% finished by the end of March ^[1]. According to the Jakarta Post [2], the airport will cost at least 4.4 trillion Rupiah to build, or approximately US$473 million, using the August 3, 2007 exchange rate.

Construction had previously been promised, initially in 1992, following previous crashes and safety concerns (construction was shelved following the Asian monetary crisis), but the airport looks like it will now go ahead. The plan is described in [3], whereby the airport would be located 20km North East of Polonia airport, 3km from the sea, and on a site of area 6.5 x 2.1 km. The new airport will offer greater safety and capacity, with a Phase 1 (2010), first year of operation plan for 6.4 million passengers, of which 5.1 million would be domestic, 1.2 million international, and 0.14 million international transit passengers. By Phase 2 (2025), the airport would be servicing 14 million passengers, 2.5 million international, and 0.63 million international transit passengers. But, vice President Jusuf Kalla said the Phase 1 can serve 8,1 million passengers.

The airport will be Indonesia's second largest, following Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta airport, and will eventually have capacity of 50 million passengers, a figure if realised today would place the airport in the top 10 busiest by passenger numbers in the world, although by the time this figure is ever achieved it is likely that there will be many airports carrying more passengers.

Airside facilities would be controlled by the Indonesian government, while landside facilities would be owned by a joint venture (with PT Angakasa Pura II) company, which is expected to provide $350 million initial investment, in return for a 30-year lease, after which ownership would revert to PT Angkasa Pura II. The airport will be linked to the city of Medan by a $215 million railway project.^{[citation needed]}

The airport will be the first in Indonesia with a publicly accessible check-in area (current Indonesian airports restrict access to ticket holders with security at the gate). This means a much larger and more spacious check-in area than the existing airport. The airport is being designed by Wiratman & Associates, who also designed several other new airports and office buildings in Indonesia. Computer renderings showing a T-shape design are on the company's website.[4] Another rendering and master plan can be found in Angkasa Pura 2 website [5][6]. Also a visualization of the future airport video.[7]

When it is up, Garuda Indonesia will plan to fly to European Union such as Frankfurt, London, Paris.