Sultan Thaha Airport

Sultan Thaha Airport (IATA: DJB, ICAO: WIPA) is an airport in Jambi City in the Jambi province of Indonesia. Located in the Paalmerah suburb of Jambi it has 73 flights departing per week for short haul destinations and 42 medium sized aircraft departing each week. This airport is named after Sultan Thaha, the last Sultan of Jambi.

History

In colonial times Jambi Airport was built by the Dutch and Japanese by the name of Airport Paalmerah. The name comes from the peg Paalmerah made of stone to determine the location of the airport boundary That Is attached by the Dutch and then given a name in red paint. In the 1950's after Indonesia proclaimed its independence, Jambi airport began to publicly airport by Departmental Agency of Civil Aviation, at the time the dimensions of the runway is 900m x 25m with construction of gravel and the Largest aircraft in operation is the Douglas DC-3.

Departmental Agency of Civil Aviation in 1970 changed the nomenclature to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Airports Pallmerah Became Technical Implementation of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Jambi Province. In 1976 the construction of the runway extension into 1650m x 30m. Dated October 10, 1978 Paalmerah Airport renamed Jambi Sultan Taha Airport is derived from the name of one local hero Jambi. In this year carried out the installation of a Runway Visual Aid Light, vasi, CCR, REILS.

Mid-1978 the nomenclature changes Airports Jambi Sultan Taha Sultan Taha Airport into Jambi. Year 1991 is the construction of a runway extension to 1800m x 30m. Approach in 1998 Executed the installation of Light and in 2000 again made a runway extension to 2000m x 30m. Along with technological development in 2005 carried vasi replacement and installation of PAPI.

January 1, 2007 transfer of the Operational Management of Sultan Taha Airport jambi WHO Previously managed by the Technical Implementation Unit of the Department of Transportation and is now managed by PT Angkasa Pura II, while The Largest That aircraft served the B737-400. Since managed by PT (Persero) Angkasa Pura II has been planned runway extension to 2220m x 30m and has been operated now.

Runway

In 2012, the runway will be expanded to 2,400 meters long and 45 meters wide to accommodate up to equivalent Boeing 758 from previous Boeing 737. An Instrument Landing System will also add to enable incoming aircraft make a perfect landing in bad weather and upgrade the airport as international airport in 2012.^[3]

Terminal

On December 12, 2011 the grounbreaking of expansion terminal phase-1 has been done for capacity of 1.5 million passengers per year. Today, passengers has touched 1 million, while the capacity of the terminal is only 300,000 passengers per year. The terminal will be expanded from 2,308 square meter to 13,015 square meter.^[4]

Airlines and destinations

Accident and incident

• On 27 August 2008 a Sriwijaya Air Flight 290, a Boeing 737-200 overran the runway. There were eleven injuries and no fatalities. The injured include a farmer and his family who were hit by the plane.

References

1. ^ Airport information for WIPA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
2. ^ Airport information for WIPA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
3. ^ http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/74382/jambi-airport-needs-expansion
4. ^ [http://koran-jakarta.com/index.php/detail/view01/78235 "Proyek Penerbangan AP II Bangun Terminal Baru Bandara Sultan Thaha"]. December 13, 2011. http://koran-jakarta.com/index.php/detail/view01/78235. 

External links

• Accident history for DJB at Aviation Safety Network