Sepinggan International Airport
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| Sepinggan International Airport Bandara Sepinggan |
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| IATA: BPN - ICAO: WALL | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | PT Angkasa Pura I | ||
| Serves | Balikpapan | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 12 ft (4 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 07/25 | 8,185 | 2,495 | Asphalt |
Sepinggan International Airport (IATA: BPN, ICAO: WALL) is the principal airport serving East Kalimantan area on the island of Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is located about 4.5 km east of Balikpapan. The airport began its new operational phase in 1997, with new building and runway structure, replacing old structure on the same site.
It should be noted that some sources such as Aviation Indonesia and A-Z World Airports Online show the ICAO code as WRLL. However, other sources such as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and PT Angkasa Pura I [1] show the code as WALL.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
The following destinations are served from Balikpapan (as of September 2007):
- Adam Air (Jakarta, Surabaya)
- Batavia Air (Banjarmasin, Jakarta, Manado, Palu, Surabaya, Tarakan)
- Dirgantara Air Services (Banjarmasin, Samarinda, Tanjung)
- Garuda Indonesia (Denpasar, Jakarta, Makassar, Manado, Yogyakarta)
- Citilink (Surabaya, Tarakan)
- Indonesia AirAsia (Jakarta)
- Kartika Airlines (Surabaya, Tarakan)
- Lion Air (Jakarta, Surabaya)
- Mandala Airlines (Surabaya, Tarakan, Yogyakarta, Malang [begins October 1], Denpasar [begins October 1])
- Merpati Nusantara Airlines (Makassar)
- Singapore Airlines
- SilkAir (Singapore)
- Sriwijaya (Jakarta, Surabaya, Palu)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Sepinggan International Airport official site
- Persero Angkasa Pura I official site
- Destinations from Balikpapan
- Airport information for WALL at World Aero Data
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