Juanda International Airport is an international airport located in Sedati District, Sidoarjo Regency, East Java, Indonesia. It is now the third busiest airport in Indonesia (after Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta and Denpasar's Ngurah Rai). This airport is located approximately 12 km from Downtown Surabaya and serves the Surabaya metropolitan area, the metropolitan area of Surabaya plus extended urban area. Juanda International Airport is operated by PT Angkasa Pura I. The airport takes its name after Djuanda Kartawidjaja (1911–1963), the last Prime Minister of Indonesia who had suggested development of this airport. In 2019, the airport served about 500 aircraft per day. Currently, Juanda International Airport is the hub of Batik Air, focus city of Garuda Indonesia, and the operating base of Citilink, Lion Air, and Super Air Jet along with Jakarta's Soekarno–Hatta International Airport. Juanda International Airport will become one of the main airports in Indonesia for ASEAN Open skies. In 2014, Juanda International Airport becomes the world's tenth best in Airport Service Quality by Airport Council International among 79 airports with passengers capacity between 5-15 million a year. In Q1 2015, the airport becomes the world's seventh best in Airport Service Quality by ACI.

History

Being opened on 7 February 1964 as a naval air base of Indonesia, it replaced the previous airport in Morokrembangan, near Surabaya harbor. It was originally used as home base for Indonesian Navy's fleet of Ilyushin Il-28 and Fairey Gannet. In its development it was also used for civil aviation. And PT Angkasa Pura I handled the management and operation since January 1985. On 24 December 1990 Juanda Airport was gained international airport status after the opening of the international terminal. Previously, since December 1987, the airport has served flights to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Taipei and Manila. KLM began service to Surabaya in April 1996. The carrier offered flights to Amsterdam via Singapore on Boeing 747s. The route ended in February 1997.

Development of airport city

On 25 February 2015, Indonesia President Joko Widodo agreed to develop Juanda Airport City, including an additional two runways and an integrated connection between Gubeng railway station and the airport via an elevated railway. About 6000 ha of land have been prepared for the expansion of the airport - where in 1500 ha will be used to construct two additional runways, and Juanda Airport's Terminal 3, while the remaining area will be used to construct the Airport City and the Ultimate Terminal Building. The new area for Juanda Airport is estimated to be 1700 ha and will be located in the northern part of the airport. Construction of two runways by will require the reclamation of about 4 km stretch of land along Java's northern coastline. The land acquisition is expected to be completed by 2018. Development consists of three phases;

Terminals and runway

At present, Juanda International Airport has 2 terminals. A new three-story terminal building was opened in October 2006, which is now Terminal 1. The building has a capacity of eight million passengers per year and features a 51500 m2 domestic passenger terminal, a 20200 m2 international terminal and 11 aerobridges. The terminal used a mix of high hat roofs from Rumah adat Sumba as well as Java-Malay architecture themes. Terminal 1 is used for all domestic flights. Terminal 2 was built by demolishing the old terminal building, which was opened on 14 February 2014. The architecture of T2 is modern with curved features when compared to Terminal 1. Terminal 2 has an area of 49500 m2 and 8 aerobridges, with a capacity to accommodate 6 million passengers per year. Terminal 2 is used for all international flights. In addition, Terminal 2 features the Concordia Premier Lounge for international flights. The airport has separate 5300 m2 administration building, including a 15-story control tower, and a two-story cargo building with domestic and international cargo sections, capable of handling 120000 MT of cargo a year. The apron with an area of 148000 m2 can handle 18 aircraft simultaneously, including two wide body, 11 medium and five small aircraft. The airport has a single runway of 3000 x. There are two 3000 x parallel taxiways, including five exit taxiways (30 m wide) and four connecting taxiways (also 30 m). The airport has a parking area of 28900 m2 parking area that can accommodate more than 3,000 vehicles.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Statistics

In 2010, the airport handled 11 million passengers, although the capacity was 6 million passengers and the air traffic controller radar system is only able to track 21 aircraft per hour, but at peak hour handled 40 to 45 aircraft landing and taking off. The following are statistics for the airport from 1999 to 2013. In addition to this, it is noted that, in 2006, the domestic sector between Surabaya and Jakarta was the fourth-busiest air route in Asia, with over 750 weekly flights. Source: PT (persero) ANGKASA PURA 1

Ground transport

Juanda Airport is connected to Waru-Juanda Toll Road to Surabaya, which is about 15 km from the airport. DAMRI buses are provided by the local government to deliver passengers to Surabaya. Fixed tariff taxis are available to various destinations in Surabaya and surrounding areas including Malang, Blitar, Jember, and Tulungagung.

Based units

Indonesian Naval Aviation Center Indonesian Air Force

Accidents and incidents

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