Syamsudin Noor Airport

Syamsudian Noor International Airport (SNA) Bandar Udara Internasional Syamsudin Noor (SNA)
IATA: BDJ – ICAO: WAOO BDJ Location of airport in Kalimantan
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		PT Angkasa Pura I
Serves		Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia
Elevation AMSL		66 ft / 20 m
Coordinates		03°26′32″S 114°45′45″E
Website		http://syamsudinnoorairport.net
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
10/28	2,500	8,202	Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers			3,013,191
Aircraft Movements			25,154
Cargo			13,732,448
Sources: [2]; List of the busiest airports in Indonesia

Syamsudin Noor Airport (IATA: BDJ, ICAO: WAOO) is an airport serving Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is located 10 kilometres south-west of Banjarbaru and 25 kilometres south-east of Banjarmasin, the largest city in Kalimantan. The airport has two distinctive aprons. One in front of the terminal capable of handling 4 medium sized planes and one on the terminal's left capable of serving 4 Boeing 767s. Historically, Boeing 767 was the first wide body aircraft to land in this airport in 2004.

In early 2013, the airport serves 5.5 million passenggers, while the capacity is only for 4.0 million passengers. The authority has allocated Rp.2.1 trillion ($2.2 billion) fund to develop the airport and predicted will be finished in end of 2014.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Citilink	Jakarta/Soekarno-Hatta, Surabaya
Garuda Indonesia	Balikpapan (begins 1 August, 2013), Jakarta/Soekarno-Hatta, Surabaya (begins July 1, 2013)
Kal Star Aviation	Ketapang, Kotabaru, Pangkalanbun, Pontianak, Sampit
Lion Air	Bandung, Jakarta/Soekarno-Hatta, Semarang, Surabaya, Yogyakarta
Merpati Nusantara Airlines	Jakarta/Soekarno-Hatta, Makassar
Sriwijaya Air	Jakarta/Soekarno-Hatta, Semarang, Surabaya
Susi Air	Muara Teweh, Kotabaru
Trigana Air Service	Balikpapan, Berau, Solo, Pangkalanbun, Pontianak
Wings Air	Kotabaru, Balikpapan

Hajj

During the hajj season, the airport serves pilgrims from the region for a direct flight to Jeddah with a short stop over at Batam. A hajj terminal was built in order to coordinate pilgrims situated across the airport. also, this airport since 2010 was the busiest hajj airport in Indonesia with the largest amount of Hajj travelers than any other province in Indonesia.

Expansion

In August 2012, about 58 hectares of 102 hectares or 57 percent of land clearing needed for the airport expansion has been acquired.

Accidents and incidents

• On 28 August 1992, Vickers Viscount PK-IVX of Bouraq Indonesia Airlines was damaged beyond economic repair when an engine fire of take-off forced the crew to abort the take-off.

External links

• Accident history for BDJ at Aviation Safety Network