Sutan Sjahrir Air Force Base
Military airport in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia
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Location in Sumatra
Direction | Length | Surface | |
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m | ft | ||
16/34 | 2,200 | 7,217 | Concrete |
Source: DAFIF
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. It has been renamed after Sutan Sjahrir, Indonesia's first prime minister.
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Former airlines and destinations
Passenger
Airlines | Destinations |
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Merpati Nusantara Airlines | Medan, Batam |
Incidents and accidents
- On 10 November 1971, a Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount PK-MVS from Jakarta crashed into the sea 75 miles (121 km) off Padang, killing all 69 people on board.[1]
- On 13 October 2012, a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737, 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.[2][3]
References
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