Sutan Sjahrir Air Force Base

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Airport type Military Elevation AMSL 9 ft / 3 m 7,041 2,146		Operator Government 16/34 7,041 Province West Sumatra

Location Nanggalo, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia Address Tabing, Ulak Karang Utara, Padang Utara, Parupuk Tabing, Koto Tangah, Kota Padang, Sumatera Barat 25586, Indonesia

Sutan Sjahrir Air Force Base, formerly Tabing Airport (IATA: ~~PDG~~, ICAO: WIMG), is a military air base in Padang, Indonesia. Tabing Airport was West Sumatra's primary airport for civil aviation prior to the opening of Minangkabau International Airport on 22 July 2005. Tabing Airport is now used by the Indonesian Air Force, renaming it after Sutan Sjahrir, Indonesia's first prime minister.

Incidents and accidents

On 13 October 2012, a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-200, registration PK-CJD operating as Sriwijaya Air Flight 21 bound for Minangkabau from Medan, accidentally landed at the airport. None of its 96 passengers and 4 crew were injured, and both pilots were subsequently suspended and questioned by the NTSC.

References

Sutan Sjahrir Air Force Base Wikipedia

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