Pattimura International Airport
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Pattimura Airport Bandar Udara Pattimura |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Indonesia | ||||||||||
| Operator | PT Angkasa Pura I | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ambon | ||||||||||
| Location | Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | WIT (UTC+09:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 33 ft / 10 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 03°42′36.95″S 128°05′20.89″E / 3.7102639°S 128.0891361°E | ||||||||||
| Website | http://www.pattimura-airport.co.id | ||||||||||
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| Passengers | 817.666 |
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| Aircraft movements | 11.315 |
| Cargo | 3.103.972 |
Pattimura Airport is an airport in Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia (IATA: AMQ, ICAO: WAPP). Pattimura Airport is an airport located in Ambon, Maluku province, Indonesia. The airport also serves the arrival in the country with an area of 2,500 m² runway and abroad with a broad foundation of 400 m2. The airport is within 38 kilometers of the city of Ambon. At the airport there are facilities immigration, quarantine, customs clearance, cargo buildings, restaurants, public telephones and post office. Ambon Pattimura Airport is located on one of the islands in the Maluku islands is a very strategic area. The airport was named after Pattimura, regarded a national hero in Indonesia who fought against the Dutch in 1816.
Pattimura International Airport is located in the northwest of the city of Ambon, about 38 kilometers from the city of Ambon. This service is a legacy of the Netherlands, was established in 1939 as Laha Airfield. In early February 1942, the airport was captured by the Japanese in the Battle of Ambon and used as a base for the Japanese to do battle against the allied forces in the Pacific.
After the independence of Indonesia was proclaimed, Pattimura used by as an air base. This situation lasted until August 1, 1962. That year, the government formed a working unit in charge of organizing the civil aviation maintenance and operation of airports for the benefit of civil air transport. At the same time, the Pattimura Airport is operated as an Air Force Air Base. Based on the Joint Decree of the Minister of Defense / Armed Forces Commander, Minister of Transportation and Minister of Finance, in 1975, Pattimura airport designated as civilian airfield and fully controlled by the Department of Transportation.
In 1979, the airport Pattimura Airport designated as Class II. Since 1985, changed its status to Class I. Subsequently, in September 1988, with the formation of the Department of Transportation Office of Maluku province, the Organization Unit Pattimura Airport into UPT Maluku Regional Office of the Department of Transportation. On October 11, 1995, the status of the management of the Pattimura Airport transferred to PT. Angkasa Pura I (Persero), as the State Owned Enterprises by the authority as a manager of several airports in the central and eastern Indonesia.
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