Polonia International Airport - Runway and Facilities

Runway and Facilities

There is a single asphalt runway (05/23) which is 3000 m long and 45 m wide, but has only 2,900 m of usable length. There is no run-off space beyond the runway thresholds, and the airfield is surrounded by residential areas. It is often said that its location in a residential district, the wealthy Polonia area, is due to a superstition that the loud noises from aircraft drive away malevolent spirits.

Until recently, the airport consisted of an international and domestic terminal. A fire in the international arrivals area in 2006 caused damage to the airport, reducing the baggage reclaim area to a small section inside the terminal. On 2 December 2007, the domestic terminal was damaged by another fire. There were no injuries, and the separate international terminal was not affected.

The airport suffers from overcrowding, serving 4.5 million passengers annually in facilities designed to handle only 900,000 passengers. These problems should be resolved by the construction of Kuala Namu International Airport it was replaced by Polonia Airport and become Indonesia's 2nd-largest international airport was officially innaugurated until grand opened on New Year's Day 2013 at 04:00 WIB. Construction began 29 June 2006. The other problems are no orderly parking space for taxi, too much porters and poor spatial for cafes and souvenir shops which contribute to uncontrollable garbage.

Facing dilemma whether or not upgrading Polonia International Airport amid pressure to realized when new Kuala Namu International Airport will be finished, PT Angkasa Pura II pledges to fix access roads between Mustang street and Imam Bonjol street.