Tjilik Riwut Airport

Tjilik Riwut Airport

*Bandar Udara Tjilik Riwut*
Tjilik Riwut Airport; Bandar Udara Tjilik Riwut
AMSL	82 ft / 25 m
Coordinates	02°13′30″S 113°56′33″E / 2.22500°S 113.94250°E
Website	tjilikriwut-airport.co.id
Map
	PKY Location of airport in Central Kalimantan / Indonesia PKY PKY (Kalimantan) PKY PKY (Indonesia)
Runways
	Source: DAFIF

Tjilik Riwut Airport (

Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. This airport is named after Tjilik Riwut (1918–1987),^[3] the second Governor of Central Kalimantan. The airport served about 1 million passengers in 2018.^[4]

History

Tjilik Riwut Airport formerly Panarung Airport, opened on 1 May 1958 the inauguration was carried out by the governor of

Twin Otter aircraft (from the Indonesian Air Force

).

On 24 September 1973 Panarung Airport by the Regional Government of Central Kalimantan was handed over to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation at the Department Transportation of Indonesia. Since then the responsibility of the Central Kalimantan Regional Government has shifted completely to the central government, as a follow-up to the handover by the

Fokker 27

aircraft. Panarung Airport becomes Tjilik Riwut Airport Coinciding with the commemoration of National Heroes' Day on 10 November 1988 the name of Tjilik Riwut (former Governor of Central Kalimantan), enshrined for the airport name (previously named Panarung Airport). The name change to Tjilik Riwut Airport and the signing of the inscription was carried out by the Minister of Transportation

Minister of the Interior

. The prescription of the name is because Tjilik Riwut is a National Hero (Dekrit Presiden Republik Indonesia tanggal 6 November 1988, No.108 / TK / 1988).

On 28 March 2019 the airport's new terminal began operations, all flight activities at the airport's old terminal were moved to the new airport terminal.

Then on 8 April 2019 the new terminal of Tjilik Riwut Airport was inaugurated by

President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo

.

Terminal facilities

The capacity of the airport has increased after the new terminal was officially inaugurated on 28 March 2019. The total terminal capacity at that time was 15,000 square meters, able to serve 1,000 passengers daily. The terminal was extended further with an area of 29,124 square meters; the double level terminal can now serve 2,200 passengers daily.[5]

There are a few shops and restaurants in the terminal to serve the passengers. The airport has its own taxi service for arrival passengers; alternative local taxi and transport companies such as Grab, GoJek and small local buses (angkot) are not permitted to collect passengers from the airport.