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Sultan Babullah Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

7,874
  
2,400

Province
  
North Maluku

Yearly aircraft movements
  
10,242

Serves
  
Ternate

02/27
  
7,874

2,400
  
Asphalt

Owner
  
Government of Indonesia

Passenger count
  
724,256

Opened
  
14 April 1971

Sultan Babullah Airport

Operator
  
Ministry of Transportation

Location
  
Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia

Address
  
Tafure, North Ternate, Ternate City, North Maluku 97751, Indonesia

Similar
  
Garuda Indonesia, Sriwijaya Air PT, Universitas Khairun Ternate K, Gerai Tiki Ternate A001, Kantorpos Ternate

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Sultan Babullah Airport (IATA: TTE, ICAO: WAEE), also known as Ternate Airport, is located in North Maluku, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Ternate. The airport is named after the Baabullah, a Sultan of Ternate who fought against the Portuguese in the 1570s. Airports are now the pride of the local area now serves a wide range of flights from many airlines and also night flights so that local people no longer difficult to use air transport at night. Babullah Sultan of Ternate, North Maluku, is now the pride of the local area, and the user community Nusantara flight path. Besides enjoying the service of a new terminal building which was inaugurated Saturday, September 28, 2013, long runway (runway) plus up to 2,350 M, of the original 2,100 M, as well as efforts to increase the runway width of 15 meters from 30 meters. Babullah Ternate Airport is the airport fairly high level of service to the flow of passengers and goods. Government policy regarding air transport development plan contained in Detail Spatial Plan Ternate, aimed at the development of infrastructure and service Babullah adding routes to the city - an important city like With the development and extension of this service is needed for larger aircraft types in operation.

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History

Babullah Sultan airport was opened on 14 April 1971 and officially opened in 1978 for civil aviation and then the new runway length of 700 meters and at that time also became the gate to the North Maluku. This airport is 6 kilometers from the city awl. and in 2005 began in the wake punumpang wider terminal and the new terminal in 2013 Babullah Sultan completed and opened terminal equipped with excellent facilities meet operational standards. and also in the near future the airport also soon be submitted to the ministry of transportation. This airport is named after one of the sultan eclectus Babullah that destroy the Portuguese in North Maluku.

Future planning

Babullah Airport has a 2,400-meter long runway. In the future, it will be extended to 2,500 meters in order to be landed by Boeing 737-900ER aircraft. The apron will also be expanded in order to accommodate seven Boeing 737-900ER. It is planned upon completion to have an apron which would accommodate up to 9 narrowbody aircraft equivalent to Boeing 737-900ER, but alternatively can also serve widebody jets equivalent to Boeing 747.

Facilities

The passenger terminal is equipped with a bank, automated teller machines, restaurants and cafes (i.e., KFC, Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts), Indomaret, Excelso) bars, a VIP Lounge, duty-free shopping, newsagent/tobacconist, gift shops, travel agents, car rental, taxi service/rank, First Aid service, and an elevator for the disabled.and parking lots as well as the offices of the bureau a journey that will welcome you wishing surrounds the city of Ternate is comfortable with reliable travel services.

Taxi

Plenty of transport options to get downtown Ternate, among others : A taxi from the airport to the city center Babullah within 5 km costs around Rp 55,000 . Motorcycle taxi with a tariff of Rp 15,000, and you can find them right outside the gate.

Bus

Or you use a minibus, for that you have to walk 10 minutes to the university to find him at the rate of Rp 2,000.

References

Sultan Babullah Airport Wikipedia