Sam Ratulangi International Airport

Sam Ratulangi International Airport Manado Bandar Udara Internasional Sam Ratulangi Manado
IATA: MDC ICAO: WAMM WMO: 97014
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Indonesia
Operator	PT Angkasa Pura I
Serves	Manado
Location	Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Focus city for	Citilink Garuda Indonesia Lion Air Wings Air
Time zone	WITA (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	81 m / 266 ft
Coordinates	01°32′57″N 124°55′35″E
Website	SamRatulangi-Airport.com
Maps
Sulawesi region in Indonesia
MDC /WAMM Location of Airport in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia MDC /WAMM MDC /WAMM (Sulawesi) MDC /WAMM MDC /WAMM (Southeast Asia) MDC /WAMM MDC /WAMM (Asia)
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 2,650 8,934 asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 2.819.640 ( 10.0%) Aircraft movements 12.250 ( 7.1%)
Sources: List of the busiest airports in Indonesia

Sam Ratulangi International Airport Manado (Template:Lang-id) (IATA: MDC, ICAO: WAMM), is located in North Sulawesi, 13 kilometres (8.1 miles) north-east of Manado. The airport is named after the Minahasan educator and independence hero Sam Ratulangi (1890–1949). It is designated as one of the 11 main entry ports to Indonesia by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Indonesia, and serves as the main gateway to the Bunaken National Marine Park. It is currently the operating base of Lion Air / Wings Air for the north-eastern part of Indonesia, and is one of the focus cities of Garuda Indonesia and Citilink. This airport also serves several international destinations such as Singapore and Japan.

History

Minister of State of East Indonesia President Anak Anak Agung Gde Agung was greeted at Mapanget field in 1948

Sam Ratulangi Airport was originally built by the Japanese in 1942, with a runway length of 700 metres (2,300 feet) and width of 23 metres (75 feet); it was named Mapanget Airfield. When the Permesta (People's Movement) rebellion occurred, central government troops renamed this airport as Tugiman Airfield to commemorate Sergeant Major Tugiman, a soldier who died while fighting on Mapanget.

The airport was renamed to Mapanget Airfield because its existence at that time in Wanua Mapanget, Onderdistik Tatelu. Over time, there was a change in the mention of this airport into A. A. Maramis Airfield, as it was used as the name of the highway from the airport to Manado.

Finally, the airfield was renamed after Minahasan educator and revolutionary Sam Ratulangi.

In 1994, the airport was classified as class 1B, and the runway was extended to 2,650 metres (8,690 feet) long and 45 metres (148 feet) wide. With the expansion of this runway, the airport could accommodate larger aircraft types, like Airbus A300, Airbus A320, and DC-10.

As the government's efforts to develop the airport in 1990, Sam Ratulangi Airport is managed by PT. Angkasa Pura I (Persero) as a State-Owned Enterprise (SOE). With the aim to build the economy, providing low in expediting air transportation facilities. In an effort to anticipate the needs of air transport, so that made the development of Sam Ratulangi Airport Manado to build the airport facility development projects undertaken by Fasilitas Bandar Udara dan Keselamatan Penerbangan (FBUKP) and operated since end of 2000. The handover was taken operationally from DGCA to PT. Angkasa Pura I (Persero) on 18 December 2003.

Facilities

The waiting room prior to renovation

Cargo facilities

The 3,546 square metres (38,170 square feet) cargo terminal has an annual capacity of 7,840 tonnes (17,280,000 pounds), a 2,280 square metres (24,500 square feet) warehouse, a bonded warehouse, a transit zone, a Free Port / Foreign Trade Zone, an EU border post, aircraft maintenance, mechanical handling, an animal quarantine, fresh meat inspection, livestock handling, health officials, security for valuables, dangerous goods, radioactive goods, very large/heavy cargo, and an express / courier centre.

Silk Air Airbus A320 taxiing

Upgrades

The new waiting room (completed in 2022)

Construction began in 1998. In 2001, the current terminal opened featuring 21 check-in counters, five gates, four air-bridges, two baggage claim belts, and an outdoor waving gallery on top of the 3-story terminal building. Its 4,044 square metres (43,530 square feet) international passenger terminal may serve up to 183,000 passengers annually, while the 14,126 square metres (152,050 square feet) domestic passenger terminal serves up to 1.3 million passengers per year. During peak hours the terminal may serve up to 2,816 passengers simultaneously. The 54,300 square metres (584,000 square feet) aircraft parking apron can hold up to four wide body aircraft and eleven medium and small body aircraft.

New and old tower

A minor upgrade had been done prior to the World Ocean Conference and Coral Triangle Initiative Summit in May 2009. It was done in the area of the apron, international boarding lounge, CIP room, and car parking area. The apron currently has an area of 71,992 square metres (774,920 square feet), while the car park has space for 500 cars. The waiting lounge and gate for international departure and arrival are being expanded together with an additional aerobridge installation.

The terminal was upgraded from 26,000 square metres (280,000 square feet) to 56,000 square metres (600,000 square feet). This project was officially finished in 2022, making the airport capable of serving 5.7 million passengers annually.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Airfast Indonesia	Charter: Ambon, Timika
Batik Air	Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta
China Southern Airlines	Guangzhou
Citilink	Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta
Garuda Indonesia	Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Tokyo–Narita
Jeju Air	Charter: Seoul–Incheon
Lion Air	Denpasar, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Makassar, Sorong, Surabaya Charter: Changsha, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Nanjing
Scoot	Singapore
Super Air Jet	Balikpapan, Bandung (ends 28 October 2023), Bandung–Kertajati (begins 29 October 2023)
Wings Air	Ambon, Galela, Gorontalo, Kao, Luwuk, Melonguane, Miangas, Palu, Tahuna, Ternate

Ground transportation

Taxi

Plenty of metered-taxis such as Bluebird standby at the airport until the last flight of the day arrives.

Bus

Perum DAMRI operates buses from the airport to the city.

Statistics

Sam Ratulangi Airport in 2004

Passport entry (green) and exit stamps from the airport.

year	domestic			international
	passenger movements	air-freight (tons)	aircraft movements	passenger movements	air-freight (tons)	aircraft movements
2005	1,037,961	7,923,948	15,288	39,678	331,394	545
2006	1,065,691	9,150,055	14,112	44,043	403,650	599
2007	1,070,471	9,529,574	13,126	46,833	326,921	652
2008	1,110,634	9,776,389	13,393	52,483	245,688	678
2009	1,233,513	9,905,420	14,002	75,985	459,530	841
2010	1,344,661	9,109,521	18,933	83,199	566,621	911
2011	1,455,771	10,299,743	22,1003	764,981	773,747	1,002
2012	1,544,763	11,321,877	27,1011	883,1002	788,983	1,012
2013	1,877,556	11,455,988	30,1223	877,1332	821,1115	1,126
2014	1,992,655	12,522,1227	35,1543	938,1478	859,1654	1,433
2015	2,008,794	13,602,1559	42,1776	1292,1449	943,1775	1,668
2016	2,441,887	16,771,1668	53,1996	2111,1778	988,2033	1,799
2017	2,661,994	18,727,1782	62,2122	2199,1881	1122,1922	1,883

Source: North Sulawesi Government Office of Transportation, Communication, and Information Systems (in Indonesian)

Accidents and incidents

• 16 February 1967 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 708, UPG-MDC, Lockheed L-188C Electra (PK-GLB), 22 of 84 passengers were killed (no fatalities among the eight crew members). Flight 708 departed Jakarta at 00:30 GMT on 15 February for a flight to Manado via Surabaya and Makassar. On the second leg of the flight, bad weather in Makassar forced the crew to return to Surabaya. The flight continued the next day to Makassar and on to Manado. The cloud base in Manado was 900 feet (270 metres) with 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) visibility. An approach to runway 18 was made, but after passing a hill 200 feet (61 metres) above runway elevation and 2,720 feet (830 metres) short of the threshold, the pilot realised he was too high and left of the centreline. The nose was lowered and the aircraft banked right to intercept the glide path. The speed decreased below the 125 knots (232 kilometres per hour; 144 miles per hour) target threshold speed and the aircraft, still banked to the right, landed heavily 156 feet (48 metres) short of the runway threshold. The undercarriage collapsed and the aircraft skidded and caught fire.
• 1974 – Douglas C-47A PK-ZDF of was written off in an accident. Date is variously reported as 4 April 6 April or 4 June.
• 7 January 1976 – Mandala Airlines, Vickers 806 Viscount (PK-RVK), no fatalities. Landing in slight intermittent rain, the aircraft touched down 520 metres (1,710 feet) down the runway. The aircraft overran the runway, crossed a ditch and three drains before coming to rest 180 metres (590 feet) past the end of the runway.
• 10 December 1982 – Bouraq Indonesia Airlines, Hawker Siddeley HS-748 (PK-IHI), no fatalities. The nose landing gear collapsed on landing, causing the aircraft to veer off the runway.
• 3 October 1986 – East Indonesia Air Taxi, MAL-MDC, Shorts SC.7 Skyvan (PK-ESC), all 10 passengers and 3 crew members were killed. Struck a mountain.
• 9 May 1991 – Merpati Nusantara Airlines 7533, TTE-MDC, Fokker F-27 Friendship (PK-MFD), all eight passengers and five crew members were killed when the aircraft crashed into a mountain.
• On 1 January 2007, Adam Air Flight 574 was nearing Sulawesi, coming to Manado Airport from Juanda International Airport. The pilots of the Boeing 737-400 flew off course when their navigation system failed, eventually entering a storm near the island where they became spatially disoriented. The flight spiraled downwards rapidly and broke up, leading to the death of all 102 people on board.

External links

• Sam Ratulangi International Airport — official website
• NACO Airport Consultants: Preparation of master plans and implementation of the first development stages at Sam Ratulangi International airport (1994–2003)