Raja Haji Fisabilillah Airport

Coordinates: 00°55′21″N 104°31′56″E / 0.92250°N 104.53222°E / 0.92250; 104.53222

Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport
Bandar Udara Internasional Raja Haji Fisabilillah
بانداراينتيرناتيونالراحاحاخيفيسابيليللاح
IATA: TNJ – ICAO: WIDN
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator PT Angkasa Pura II
Location Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands, Indonesia
Elevation AMSL 52 ft / 16 m
Website http://www.rajahajifisabilillah-airport.co.id/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 2,250 7,380 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers 231,388

Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport (IATA: TNJ, ICAO: WIDN), formerly Kijang Airport, is an airport located in Tanjung Pinang, Bintan, Riau Islands, Indonesia.

History

The airport is named after Raja Haji Fisabilillah. In the beginning, it was managed by the State Assets Directorate General of Civil Aviation Ministry of Transportation. In 2000, the operation of Kijang Airport Tanjung Pinang submitted to PT Angkasa Pura II.

On April 12, 2008, Kijang airport name officially changed to Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport. Inauguration of the name of Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport was conducted by the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia Jusman Syafii Djamal symbolically marked by turning the siren and the signing of the stone inscriptions in the presence of Riau Islands Governor Ismeth Abdullah, Vice Governor of Riau Islands HM Sani, Chairman of the Parliament H.M. Nur Syafriadi and other local officials. A new passenger terminal with a size of 8,210 square feet and one aerobridge was inaugurated on June 2013. It has a capacity of 600.000 per year.

The airport formerly served international destination to Malacca in Malaysia by Sky Aviation. This was stopped in mid-2013 when Sky Aviation ceased to operate. Since then, the airport do not serve any regular international destinations.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Garuda Indonesia Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta
Lion Air Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta
Nam Air Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta
Nusantara Air Charter Matak, Natuna, Pekanbaru
Sriwijaya Air Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta
Susi Air Dabo
XpressAir Pekanbaru[1]

Hubs

Raja Haji Fisabilillah Airport is also a hub for Flybest Flight Academy which has its main base at Hang Nadim International Airport, Batam. Flybest operates Cessna C152, Cessna C172 and Piper Seneca PA34 aircraft from here on training flights to Numbing and Mapur islands as well as cross-country flights to Dabo, Singkep, Pekanbaru, Balai Karimun and Batam. International flights have also been conducted from its Batam base to and from Malacca in Malaysia for maintenance purposes.

Statistics

Top Destinations of Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport by Flight Frequency per August 2013
RankDestinationsNumber of Flight Frequency per Week
1 Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta 7
2 Pekanbaru 3

References

  1. ↑ http://tanjungpinangpos.co.id/2015/121913/buka-rute-tanjungpinang-pekanbaru/

External links



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