Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport Bandar Udara Internasional Sultan Hasanuddin
IATA: UPG – ICAO: WAAA
Summary
Airport type		Public / Military
Owner		Government of Indonesia
Operator		PT. Angkasa Pura I
Serves		Kota Makassar
Location		Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Elevation AMSL		47 ft / 14 m
Website		http://www.hasanuddin-airport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
13/31	8,202	2,500	Asphalt
3/21	10171	3,100	Asphalt

Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Internasional Sultan Hasanuddin) is an airport in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia (IATA: UPG, ICAO: WAAA). It is located 17 km from Makassar city and operated by PT. Angkasa Pura I. The new terminal was opened on 20 August 2008. This airport is the main gateway for flights to the eastern part of Indonesia, and named after Sultan Hasanuddin, a Sultan of Gowa, who fought against Dutch East India Company in 1660s.

The old terminal is used by the TNI-AU (Indonesian Air Force) which houses Skadron Udara 11 (Air Squadron 11). The Squadron is equipped 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.

Location

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.

History

Departure drop off

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.

One of the 6 jetbridges installed in UPG

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.

Travelators in departure hall

Based on Government Regulation No. 1 / 1987 of 9 January 1987 followed on 3 March 1987 Hasanuddin Airport management was gave from the Directorate General of Air Transport to Perum Angkasa Pura I, which was then on January 1, 1993 changed the status to PT (Persero) Angkasa Pura I. On 30 October 1994, Hasanuddin Airport, expressed as International Airport in accordance with the decision the Minister of Transportation KM number 61/1994 dated 7 January 1995 and inaugurated by the Governor Level I Regional Head of South Sulawesi Province. On 28 March 1995 marked the flight by Malaysia Airlines 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 vv.

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 Philippine and Oakland in (USA) 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 most type of aircraft from small aircraft to Boeing 747s. From then on the airport changed its name to Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport.

As of January 8 2010, the airport officially inaugurated its newly built 3100 m runway (3/21) for commercial flights. The first airlines which took off from the 2nd runway was Garuda Indonesia flight number GA 611 bound for Jakarta. With the inauguration of the 2nd runway, Hasanuddin became the 2nd airport in Indonesia that has two runways after Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta. It is also the only airport in Indonesia that has a pair of non-parallel (cross like) runway.

Terminals

Flight information screen at UPG

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.

Airlines and destinations

Departure Hall

• Any international flight with Garuda Indonesia from Makassar will be transit either in Denpasar or Jakarta

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