Sam Ratulangi (Manado) airport
| Sam Ratulangi International Airport (Manado) | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | WAMM |
| IATA code | MDC |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 80 m (262 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 13 km northeast of Manado |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1942 |
| operator | PT Angkasa Pura I. |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 1,820,629 (2011) |
| Air freight | 11,614 t (2011) |
| Flight movements |
16,450 (2011) |
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
2 million |
| Start-and runway | |
| 18/36 | 2649 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Sam Ratulangi International Airport ( Indonesian Bandara Internasional Sam Ratulangi , IATA : MDC , ICAO : WAMM ) is the airport of Manado , the provincial capital of North Sulawesi . It is located about thirteen km northeast of downtown Manado and is named after the politician Sam Ratulangi from the local Minahasa people . The airport is the gateway for tourists to the world-famous diving paradise in the surrounding region, which is why it has international routes.
Airport grounds
On the south-western side of the airport area is the reception building with the driveways and parking lots; on the eastern side the only runway extends north-south. A taxiway runs along the entire length of this runway , which is connected to the runway by four vertical taxiways . This taxiway connects the runway with the airport apron , on which there is space for 18 aircraft, for example 2 wide-body aircraft of size DC-10 , ten narrow-body aircraft of size B737 and six small transporters of type C-212 . There are two boarding bridges , one single and one double. Up to three aircraft can be handled here if two smaller aircraft share the two “fingers” of the double bridge.
The new passenger handling building is located on the south-western edge of the airport. It was opened in 2001 and is designed for a capacity of two million passengers per year. The passenger building is divided into an international area and a domestic area. It is equipped with thirteen check-in counters , three baggage claim belts and five piers ( “gates” ).
300 short-term parking spaces are available in the parking lot in front of the passenger building.
As part of the modernization of the airport, a new control tower was also built and the taxiway system and runway were expanded and renewed.
There is a hangar to the south of the apron , and another part of the airport is reserved for the Indonesian military. Halfway along the runway, the is about guard the airport fire brigade .
In the area of the former terminal building, a 2280 m² cargo terminal was built. This can handle up to 7,840 tons of freight per year.
Airlines
In addition to the most important Indonesian domestic airlines, the Singaporean Silk Air also flies to Manado. The second international destination, alongside Singapore, is Davao City in the Philippines , which is served by Sriwijaya Air .
Formerly Malaysia Airlines ( Kota Kinabalu ), Air Philippines (Davao), Bouraq Indonesia Airlines (Davao City), Merpati Nusantara Airlines (Davao City) flew routes abroad and Garuda Indonesia even flew to Taipei in Taiwan for a short time .
Incidents
- On January 7, 1976 a Vickers Viscount 806 of Mandala Airlines ( aircraft registration number PK-RVK ) rolled over the end of the wet runway at Manado airport by 180 meters and was irreparably damaged. All 16 occupants survived the accident.
Web links
- Airport homepage (Indonesian)
- Website of the operating company (Indonesian)
- Facts and figures from the airport operating company (Indonesian)
- AZ World Airports: Manado (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 2011 airport data from Angkasa Pura I (AP I) (PDF file; 11 kB)
- ↑ Homepage of the airport (Indonesian), accessed on August 5, 2009 ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Accident report Viscount 806 PK-RVK , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 9, 2018.
