Malikus Saleh Airport

Malikus Saleh Airport

Bandar Udara Malikus Saleh
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Lhokseumawe
OperatorMinistry of Transportation
ServesLhokseumawe
LocationNorth Aceh Regency, Aceh, Indonesia
Opened1985; 39 years ago (1985)
Time zoneWIB (UTC+07:00)
Elevation AMSL27 m / 90 ft
Coordinates5°13′36″N 96°57′1″E / 5.22667°N 96.95028°E / 5.22667; 96.95028
Map
LSW/WITM is located in Aceh
LSW/WITM
LSW/WITM
Location in Aceh
LSW/WITM is located in Northern Sumatra
LSW/WITM
LSW/WITM
Location in Northern Sumatra
LSW/WITM is located in Sumatra
LSW/WITM
LSW/WITM
Location in Sumatra
LSW/WITM is located in Indonesia
LSW/WITM
LSW/WITM
Location in Indonesia
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 6,069 1,850 Paved
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Malikus Saleh Airport (IATA: LSW, ICAO: WITM) is an airport located in Pinto Makmur, Muara Batu, North Aceh Regency, Aceh province. The airport operated by Pertamina, and later by Government of North Aceh Regency.

History

The airport was built by PT Arun NGL to facilitate the transport of Lhokseumawe and its vicinity to the city of Medan. The airport served by the airline ever since at least Jatayu Air passenger land transport between Banda Aceh and Medan. It is caused by a conflict that broke out between the TNI and GAM, threatening the land transportation in Aceh.

PT Arun NGL initially used aircraft owned by Pelita Air Service to daily flights Lhokseumawe - Medan route. After a few years, flight operations were taken over by the Beechcraft 1900D airliner owned by Travira Air. Towards the lid PT Arun NGL, operation and ownership of the airport were turned over to the City of Lhokseumawe.

Currently, Citilink and Wings Air are the airlines that fly to airport Malikus Saleh on Lhokseumawe-Medan route.[3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Wings Air Medan

Statistics

Frequency of flights at Malikus Saleh Airport
Rank Destinations Frequency (weekly) Airline(s)
1 Medan, North Sumatra 7 Wings Air

References

  1. ^ "Airport information for WITM". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for LSW at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ "Rute baru: Kualanamu – Meulaboh – Lhokseumawe – Sabang - Garuda Indonesia". www.garuda-indonesia.com. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
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