Sultan Syarif Qasim II International Airport

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Sultan Syarif Qasim II International Airport Bandara Sultan Syarif Kasim II
IATA: PKU – ICAO: WIBB
Summary
Airport type		Public, Military
Operator		PT Angkasa Pura II
Location		Pekanbaru
Elevation AMSL		104 ft / 31 m
Coordinates		0°27′39″N 101°26′40″E / 0.46083°N 101.44444°E / 0.46083; 101.44444Coordinates: 0°27′39″N 101°26′40″E / 0.46083°N 101.44444°E / 0.46083; 101.44444
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
18/36	7,053	2,150	Asphalt

Sultan Syarif Qasim II International Airport (IATA: PKU, ICAO: WIBB) is an international airport that serves the city of Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia. The airport is often referred as to SSQ II, SSQ or Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport (SSK II), and formerly known as Simpang Tiga Airport. The name of the airport is obtained from Sultan Syarif Qasim II which is a pre-independence historical figure from Riau.

The airport serves flights to and from several cities in Indonesia and neighbouring countries such as Malaysia and Singapore and some direct flights to Jakarta, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Medan and Batam. In recent years, as the establishment of the locally-owned Riau Airlines, PKU is also the home base of the airline, servicing into small and regional airports within Riau, Riau Islands, and Jambi.

The airport also the homebase of TNI-AU (Indonesian Air Force) 12th Squadron airbase, a shelter to some Hawk Mk.109s and Mk.209s, and also Sikorsky S-58T Twinpac on the rotor-wing side.

The Provincial Government of Riau is considering to move the airport into a new and convenient place, somewhat outside the city of Pekanbaru. Some locations have been chosen, but the final decision has not been made yet.

[edit] Airlines and passengers

These are the airlines that flies here (as of July 2009) :

• Batavia Air (Jakarta)
• Firefly (Subang)
• Garuda Indonesia (Jakarta)
• Indonesia AirAsia (Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore)
• Lion Air (Jakarta, Batam, Medan)
• Mandala Airlines (Jakarta, Batam)
• Riau Airlines (Malacca, Jakarta, Batam, Dumai, Tanjung Pinang, Medan)
• Sriwijaya Air (Jakarta, Medan)

[edit] External links

• Airport information for WIBB at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• PT Angkasa Pura II info on Sultan Syarif Kasim II
• Lion Air

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