Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport

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Operator PT Angkasa Pura II Elevation AMSL 82 ft / 25 m Elevation 98 m Phone +62 21 80899217		Location East Jakarta, Jakarta Code HLP Province Jakarta

Airport type PublicExecutiveTrainingMilitary (Air Force) Hub for CitilinkBatik AirMy Indo AirlinesPelita Air ServiceSusi Air Website http://www.halimperdanakusuma-airport.co.id/ Address Jl. Halim Perdana Kusuma, RT.13/RW.4, Halim Perdana Kusumah, Makasar, Kota Jakarta Timur, DKI Jakarta 13610, Indonesia

Halim perdanakusuma international airport

Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Internasional Halim Perdanakusuma) (IATA: HLP, ICAO: WIHH) is located in East Jakarta in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.

Aside from commercial scheduled traffic, this airport is also used for military, private and presidential purposes. Government officials are also allowed to use it. Halim is the main airport for corporate aviation use with frequent arrivals and departures of corporate aircraft both domestically and internationally.

On January 10, 2014, Halim Perdanakusuma began to serve domestic scheduled commercial flights to ease the overloaded Soekarno–Hatta International Airport. Initially Citilink was the largest user, taking 32 slots from 74 slots available for all airlines a day.

History

This airport takes its name from Air Vice-Marshal Halim Perdanakusuma, an Indonesian aviator. The airport is now home to a large number of turboprop, charter and general aviation companies. It is also a major air force base of the Indonesian Air Force and is home to most of its major squadrons, such as the 31st Squadron and the 17th VIP Squadron.

In the 1960s, the airport was also known as the Halim Perdana Kusumah Air Force Base, and before it was known as Tjililitan Airport, the borough in which it is located.

As a civilian airport, Halim Perdanakusuma was one the city's main airports, along with Kemayoran Airport, until the opening of Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Tangerang in 1985. Until then, it served all international routes bound for Jakarta, while Kemayoran handled domestic flights. The closure of Kemayoran in 1985 meant that Halim would serve as the secondary airport of Jakarta, mostly handling charter flights as well as general aviation and flying school base for the next 29 years. In the 1990s the Directorate General of Civil Aviation mandated that Halim would only serve non-scheduled flights, as well as scheduled flights with aircraft under 100 passengers capacity.

To ease Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, the Halim airport authority has announced to give 60 flight slots per hour for scheduled flights and for the first time, the 2013 Haj pilgrims have used this airport. Since 2014, the airport serves domestic schedule flights with limitation capacity up to 2.2 million passengers per year from about only 200,000 passengers in 2013 (over capacity). In 2014, Halim reopened for all scheduled flights as a congestion reliever for the overcrowded Soekarno–Hatta airport. An Airport Express train was planned to connect the airport to Soekarno–Hatta International Airport. A feasibility study was conducted in December 2013. Also, the Jakarta government planned to expand the road connecting to the airport to ease traffic to nearby Cawang.

Main Terminal

This terminal serves for all departing and arriving flights. The terminal operates for domestic flights only.

Hajj Terminal

This terminal is used only for Hajj season only.

Presidential Terminal

This terminal is used solely for the President of the Republic of Indonesia and other government flights.

Airport to Airport Express Train

The feasibility study of Airport to Airport Express Train has been finished and ready for prequalification offering. The Express Train initial plan is from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (SHIA) to Manggarai, but to realize needs of transportation from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport (HPA), so the route is decided to extent from Manggarai to HPA. The route will be 33 kilometers from Halim-Cawang-Manggarai-Tanah Abang-Sudirman-Pluit-Terminal 2&3 SHIA on surface land, underground and elevated, has been agreed by Peraturan Menteri Nomor 1264 Tahun 2013 of Transportation Ministry. The Express Train takes 30 minutes only between two airports instead of 1 to 3 hours drive.

Accidents and Incidents

On 24 June 1982, British Airways Flight 9, a Boeing 747-200 flew through a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, causing the failure of all four engines. The crew diverted the aircraft to Jakarta and it landed safely.

On 9 May 2012, a new Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 carrying over 40 people went missing during a demonstration flight for potential buyers and journalists. The Sukhoi Superjet-100 took off from Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusuma Airport bound for Pelabuhan Ratu, Sukabumi, West Java, at 2:21 p.m. (7:21 a.m. GMT). It crashed on Mount Salak.

On 21 June 2012, an Indonesian Air Force Fokker F-27 crashed on landing and hit a housing complex near Halim airport.

On 4 April 2016, Batik Air Flight 7703, a Boeing 737-800 registration PK-LBS, collided with a TransNusa Air Services ATR 42 while taxiing. The Boeing 737 wingtip sliced the tail of the ATR. The wingtip of the Boeing 737 burst into flames but was quickly extinguished. No one on board were killed.

References

Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport Wikipedia

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