Mutiara airport
| Mutiara (Palu) airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | WAML |
| IATA code | PLW |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 86 m (282 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 5 km east of Palu |
| Street | Jl. Abd. Rahman Saleh |
| Start-and runway | |
| 15/33 | 2067 m × 30 m asphalt |
The Mutiara Airport ( Indonesian Bandar Udara Mutiara , IATA : PLW , ICAO : WAML ) is at the end of Jl. Abd. Rahman Saleh, about five kilometers east of the city center of Palu , the capital of the Sulawesi Tengah Province (Central Sulawesi ).
history
In the severe earthquake on September 28, 2018 , the tower , the terminal building and the runway were damaged over a length of around 500 meters. One of the air traffic controllers was killed because he remained in the control tower until a machine was started. Since the airport was of central importance for rescue teams and the delivery of relief supplies, the authorities tried to get operations to resume quickly. On September 30, 2018, the airport was reopened for relief flights and some commercial flights. However, landing can only be done visually, and since visual flights are not allowed in Indonesia at night, the airport can only be approached during the day. The reconstruction of the airport should be completed by the middle of 2021.
Airlines
The airport has a runway and was served exclusively by the following domestic airlines in 2009:
| airline | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Express Air | Buol, Gorontalo, Luwuk, Manado, Poso, Toli-toli |
| Garuda Indonesia | Jakarta, Makassar |
| Lion Air | Jakarta, Makassar, Balikpapan |
| Merpati Nusantara Airlines | Makassar, Luwuk, Poso |
| Merpati Nusantara Airlines operates from SMAC | Buol, Toli-toli |
| Sriwijaya Air | Balikpapan, Makassar |
| Trigana Air Service | Balikpapan |
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ^ IATA: Airline and Airport Code Search
- ↑ Great Circle Mapper: PLW / WAML - Palu, Indonesia (Mutiara Airport)
- ↑ Firdaus Hashim: Indonesia's Palu airport to undergo repairs after disasters. In: Flight International . October 4, 2018, accessed October 5, 2018 .
- ↑ pnh: Earthquake in Indonesia: Air traffic controller becomes the hero of the drama - then he dies. In: Focus Online . September 30, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Volker K. Thomalla : Earthquake seriously damaged the Palu airport. In: aerobuzz.de. October 1, 2018, accessed October 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Mega Putra Ratya: Structure Bandara SIS Al-Jufri Palu Akan Diperkuat agar Tahan Gempa. In: detik.com. August 11, 2019, accessed April 26, 2020 (Indonesian).