Malikus Saleh Airport

Malikus Saleh Airport
Bandar Udara Malikus Saleh

IATA: LSW – ICAO: WITM

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner

Government of Lhokseumawe

Operator

Kementerian Perhubungan

Serves

Lhokseumawe

Location

Lhokseumawe, Indonesia

Opened

1985

Elevation AMSL

90 ft / 27 m

Coordinates

5°13′36″N 96°57′1″E / 5.22667°N 96.95028°ECoordinates: 5°13′36″N 96°57′1″E / 5.22667°N 96.95028°E

Maps

Malikus Saleh Airport

Location of the city in northern Sumatra

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
06R/24L	6,570	2,000	Paved

Source: DAFIF^[1]^[2]

Bandar Udara Malikus Saleh is an airport located in North Aceh, Aceh province. The airport operated by Pertamina, and later by Government of North Aceh Regency.

History

The airport was built by PT Arun NGL to facilitate the transport of Lhokseumawe and its vicinity to the city of Medan. The airport served by the airline ever since at least Jatayu Air passenger land transport between Banda Aceh and Medan. It is caused by a conflict that broke out between the TNI and GAM, threatening the land transportation in Aceh.

PT Arun NGL initially using aircraft owned by Pelita Air Service to daily flights Lhokseumawe - Medan route. After a few years, flight operations were taken over by the Beechcraft 1900D Airliner Owned by Travira Air . Towards the lid PT Arun NGL, operation and ownership of the airport was turned over to the City of Lhokseumawe.

Currently, Garuda Indonesia and Wings Air are the airlines that fly to airport Malikussaleh on Lhokseumawe-Medan route.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Garuda Indonesia operated by Explore	Medan^[4]
Wings Air	Medan

Lhoksukon airport, owned by Pt Exxon Mobil is also nearby.

References

↑ Airport information for WITM at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
↑ Airport information for LSW at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
↑ "Rute baru: Kualanamu – Meulaboh – Lhokseumawe – Sabang - Garuda Indonesia". www.garuda-indonesia.com. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
↑ http://indo-aviation.com/2014/12/12/garuda-indonesia-akan-buka-rute-baru-medan-lhokseumawe/

Airports in Indonesia

Java

Greater Jakarta	Curug (BTO) Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta (CGK)* Jakarta–Halim Perdanakusuma (HLP)* Depok/South Tangerang (PCB) Jakarta–Pulau Panjang (PPJ)

West Java	Bandung (BDO)* Cirebon (CBN) Kertajati (—) Pangandaran (PAN) Tasikmalaya (TSY)

Central Java	Cepu (CPF) Cilacap (CXP) Karimunjawa (KWB) Purbalingga (PWL) Semarang (SRG)* Surakarta/Solo (SOC)*

Yogyakarta	Kulon Progo (—) Yogyakarta (JOG)*

East Java	Banyuwangi (BWX) Bawean Jember (JBB) Madiun (IWJ) Malang (MLG) Surabaya (SUB)* Sumenep (SUP)

Sumatra

Aceh	Banda Aceh (BTJ)* Kutacane Lhokseumawe (LSW) Lhoksukon (LSX) Meulaboh (MEQ) Singkil Sabang (SBG) Sinabang Takengon (TXE)

North Sumatra	Batu Islands (—) Gunung Sitoli (GNS) Medan–Kualanamu (KNO)* Medan–Suwondo (MES) Padang Sidempuan (AEG) Parapat (SIW) Sibolga (FLZ) Silangit (DTB)

West Sumatra	Padang-Minangkabau (PDG)* Padang–Tabing Simpang Ampek (---) Sipora (RKI)

Riau	Pekanbaru (PKU)* Dumai (DUM) Tembilahan Rengat (RGT) Sungai Pakning (SEQ) Pasir Pangaraiyan (PPR) Pangkalan Kerinci

Riau (Islands)	Batam (BTH)* Karimun (TJB) Natuna (NTX) Matak–Anambas (MWK) Dabo (SIQ) Tanjung Pinang (TNJ)

Jambi	Jambi (DJB) Sungaipenuh (KRC) Muara Bungo (MAF)

Bengkulu	Bengkulu (BKS) Muko-Muko

South Sumatra	Lubuklinggau (LLG) Palembang (PLM)*

Bangka–Belitung	Pangkal Pinang (PGK) Tanjung Pandan (TJQ)

Lampung	Bandar Lampung (TKG)

Kalimantan

West Kalimantan	Ketapang (KTG) Nanga Pinoh (NPO) Pontianak (PNK)* Putussibau (PSU) Sintang (SQG)

Central Kalimantan	Muara Teweh (MTW) Palangkaraya (PKY) Pangkalanbun (PKN) Sampit (SMQ) Tumbang Samba (TBM)

South Kalimantan	Banjarmasin (BDJ) Kotabaru (KBU) Tanjung Warukin (TJG) Batulicin (BTW)

East Kalimantan	Balikpapan (BPN)* Berau (BEJ) Bontang (BXT) Datadawai (DTD) Melak (MLK) Samarinda Samarinda Temindung

North Kalimantan	Long Apung (LPU) Long Bawan (LBW) Malinau (MLN) Nunukan (NNX) Tanjung Selor (TJS) Tarakan (TRK)*

Sulawesi

South Sulawesi	Makassar (UPG)* Masamba (MXB) Palopo (LLO) Selayar Soroako (SQR) Tana Toraja (TTR)

West Sulawesi	Mamuju (MJU)

South East Sulawesi	Baubau (BUW) Kendari (KDI) Kolaka (PUM) Raha (RAX) Wakatobi

Central Sulawesi	Buol (UDL) Luwuk (LUW) Palu (PLW) Poso (PSJ) Toli-Toli (TLI)

Gorontalo	Gorontalo (GTO)

North Sulawesi	Melangguane (MNA) Manado (MDC)* Naha (NAH)

Lesser Sunda Islands

Bali	Denpasar (DPS)* Buleleng (—)

West Nusa Tenggara	Bima (BMU) Lombok (LOP)* Mataram (AMI) Sumbawa Besar (SWQ)

East Nusa Tenggara	Atambua (ABU) Bajawa (BJW) Ende (ENE) Labuan Bajo (LBJ) Kalabahi (ARD) Kupang (KOE) Larantuka (LKA) Lewoleba (LWE) Maumere (MOF) Rote Island (RTI) Ruteng (RTG) Savu Island (SAU) Tambolaka (TMC) Waingapu (WGP)

Maluku

Maluku	Ambon (AMQ) Banda (NDA) Benjina (BJK) Dobo (DOB) Kisar Langgur (Tual) (LUV) Larat Masohi (AMI) Namlea (NAM) Namrole (NRE) Saumlaki (SXK) Wahai (WHI)

North Maluku	Buli (WUB) Galela (GLX) Labua (LAH) Morotai (OTI) Sanana (SQN) Ternate (TTE) Tobelo (KAZ)

Papua

Papua	Biak (BIK) Boven Digoel (TMH) Dekai (DEX) Jayapura (DJJ) Merauke (MKQ) Nabire (NBX) Oksibil (ORG) Timika (TIM) Wamena (WMX)

West Papua	Fak Fak (FKQ) Kaimana (KNG) Labuha (LAH) Manokwari (MKW) Sorong (SOQ)

Names in Bold are international airports. Names of international airports marked with * have Visa on Arrival (VoA) facility

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