In the small Indonesian city of Sidoargo is located the international airport named after Juanda. It was Juanda Kartavijaya, the last Prime Minister of Indonesia , recognized by her national hero, issued a decree on the opening of an air base here, which later "developed" into a civilian airport .
In 20 km there is a large city of Surabaya , and the airport mainly serves it, and also carries out all commercial transportations of the Sidoargio County. The airport occupies the second place in Indonesia in terms of congestion, second only to the capital Soekarno-Hatta , and the third - according to passenger traffic (the second one is at the Kuala Namu airport).
The past, present and future of the airport
The air base was put into operation on December 7, 1964. She started working as a military facility, gradually she began to accept passenger commercial flights, later - and cargo flights.
The official status of the international airport in Sidoargo was received in late 1990 - after the solemn opening of the passenger terminal for registration of flights between the states. Today the airport carries out air communication with the Netherlands, Malaysia , China, Great Britain, France, Philippines, Australia , South Korea, Japan , Vietnam.
In 2006, a new passenger terminal building was opened; its capacity is 8 million people. In 2014, another passenger terminal was opened, thanks to which the capacity of Sidoradzho Airport increased by 6 million people per year.
general information
The airport is located at an altitude of 3 m above sea level. Besides two passenger, there are also two cargo terminals. Annually they pass through themselves about 120 million tons of cargo.
The runway at Sidoarjo airport is one. It has an asphalt surface. The length of the strip is 3000 m, width - 55.
Infrastructure
On the territory of the terminals there is everything necessary for the convenience of passengers: currency exchange points, cafes, car rental points, etc. Near the airport there is a parking area of 28900 square meters. m, it is designed for 3000 cars.
How to get to the airport?
You can drive from Surabaya to Sidoargo Airport by car in about 35-40 minutes. You can ride on Jl. Raya Malang - Surabaya and Jl. Raya Bandara Juanda or Jl. Raya Malang - Surabaya and Jl. Tol Waru - Juanda (on this route there are paid sections of the road).