Bandar Udara Internasional Sultan Hasanuddin or Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport is an airport in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia (IATA: UPG, ICAO: WAAA). It’s located 17 km from Makassar city. The newly terminal was opened on 20 August 2008. This airport is the primary gateway for flights to the eastern part of Indonesia.
The older terminal is used by the TNI-AU (Indonesian Air Force) which homes Skadron Udara 11 (Air Squadron 11). The Squadron is weaponed with Su-27SK, Su-30MK/Su-30MK2, A-4E/A-4H, TA-4H/TA-4J. Except for the TA-4J/T-4H all Skyhawks are retired and are currently being replaced with new Su-27SKMs & Su-30MK2s Flankers.
Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport is located on the border of Makassar city and Maros a suburb in South Sulawesi, approximately 15 minutes (17 km) from Makassar city via Toll way or 25 minutes (23 km) via regular road.
Hasanuddin Airport was built in 1935 by the Government Indies Netherlands with the name Kadieng Flying Field and located approximately 22 kilometers to the north of the city with the construction field flying grass. Airfield runway with grass-sized 1600 mx 45 m (Runway 08-26) inaugurated on September 27, 1937, marked with the commercial flight linking Singapore – With the type of Douglas Aircraft D2/F6 company KNILM (Koninklijke Nederlands Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij). In the year 1942 by the government of Japan (namely the prisoners of war held in the nearby POW Camp and not really the Government of Japan but rather that of slave labour), is the basis enhanced with the construction of concrete measuring 1,600 mx 45 m of now the Flying Field is renamed to Field Mandai fly. In 1945 the government partners Dutch to build with the new runway construction onderlaag (Runway 13-31) measuring 1,745 m x 45 m, the 4000 rally of the ex Romusha.
In the year 1950 submitted to the Government of Indonesia, which is managed by Dept of Public Works Section Flying Field and the next 1955 Best transferred to the Civil Aviation, now the Directorate General Air Transportation, which then extend the runway 2,345 mx 45m at the same time change the airport into the Air Mandai. 1980, extended a 13-31 runway 2500 mx 45 m and the This year the Port of Air Mandai changed to Air Port Hasanuddin, and in 1981 expressed as Airports Embarkation / debarkation Hajj in 1985 and the Port of Hasanuddin Air changed its name to Hasanuddin Airport.
On 30 October 1994, Hasanuddin Airport, expressed as International. On 28 March 1995 marked the flight by Malaysian Prime Airlines System (MAS) directly from Kuala Lumpur to Hasanuddin Airport Makassar, then followed with a Silk Air flight that connected Singapore Changi Airport with Hasanuddin, this does not mean that on 28 March 1995 Hasanuddin Airport, the first time serve international flights, but since 1990 Hasanuddin Airport is used as embarkation / debarkation directly from the pilgrimage to Jeddah.
In addition to this remote Hasanuddin airport before the flight to serve International traffic in control area Eastern Indonesia Makassar UCA (Upper Area Control), which include areas air through the western part of the Kalimantan border to the country Papua New Guinea to the east, and from the border region Air of Australia to the south to the border region and the Philippine Air Oakland (United States) to the north.
Hasanuddin Airport is also the gate of the Eastern Indonesia Area and especially in South Sulawesi Province, where this airport has been providing distinctive style as Airport Transit directed and participated in support to develop tourism, mobilization passenger flow and participate in trade and industry. On 20 August 2008 the new terminal was operational. The terminal is 5 times larger than the old one and can accommodate any type of aircraft from small aircraft to Boeing 747s. From then on the airport changed its name to Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport.
For a while this airport just had 1 terminal used for both for international and domestic flights. But in the next couple of years step 2 of the airport development will begin. During this development a new terminal and a new runway will be added.
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