Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport

Halim Perdanakusuma
International Airport
Halim Perdanakusuma; International Airport
	IATA: HLP; ICAO: WIHH;
Summary
Airport type	Public ; Executive ; Training ; Military (Air Force)
Operator	PT Angkasa Pura II
Serves	Jakarta
Location	East Jakarta, Jakarta
Hub for	Citilink; Batik Air; Pelita Air; Susi Air;
Elevation AMSL	82 ft / 25 m
Coordinates	06°15′59″S 106°53′28″E / 6.26639°S 106.89111°E
Website	http://www.halimperdanakusuma-airport.co.id/
Map
	HLP Location within Jakarta, Indonesia HLP HLP (Java) HLP HLP (Indonesia) HLP HLP (Southeast Asia)
Runways
Statistics (2016)
Passengers
Passengers	5,614,005
	Sources: List of the busiest airports in Indonesia

Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Internasional Halim Perdanakusuma) (IATA: HLP, ICAO: WIHH) is an international airport in Jakarta, Indonesia.^[1]The airport is located at East Jakarta.

Aside from commercial scheduled flights, this airport is also used for military, private and presidential purposes. The airport is used for corporate aviation with frequent arrivals and departures of corporate aircraft both domestically and internationally. About 5.6 million passengers used the airport in 2016.

History

This airport takes its name from Air Vice-Marshal Halim Perdanakusuma, an Indonesian aviator. It is now home to a large number of turboprop, charter, and general aviation companies. It is a major air force base of the Indonesian Air Force and is home to most of its major squadrons, such as the 31st Squadron and the 17th VIP Squadron.

In the 1960s, it was also known as the Halim Perdana Kusumah Air Force Base, and before that it was known as Tjililitan Airport or Tjililitan Airfield (Dutch: Vliegveld Tjililitan), after its borough.

As a civilian airport, Halim Perdanakusuma was one the city's main airports, along with Kemayoran Airport, until the opening of Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Tangerang in 1985. Until then, it served all international routes bound for Jakarta, while Kemayoran handled domestic flights. The closure of Kemayoran in 1985 meant that Halim would serve as the secondary airport of Jakarta, mostly handling charter flights, general aviation, and flying school base for the next 29 years. In the 1990s the Directorate General of Civil Aviation mandated that Halim would serve non-scheduled flights, as well as scheduled flights with aircraft under 100 passengers capacity.

To ease Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, the Halim airport authority has announced to give 60 flight slots per hour for scheduled flights and, for the first time, the 2013 Haj pilgrims used this airport.^[2] Since 2014, the airport serves domestic scheduled flights with limitation capacity up to 2.2 million passengers per year from about 200,000 passengers in 2013 (over capacity).^[3]

In 2014, Halim reopened for all scheduled flights as a congestion reliever for the overcrowded Soekarno–Hatta airport. An Airport Express train was planned to connect the airport to Soekarno–Hatta International Airport. A feasibility study was conducted in December 2013. On January 10, 2014, Halim Perdanakusuma began to serve domestic scheduled commercial flights to ease the overloaded Soekarno–Hatta International Airport.^[4] Initially Citilink was the largest user, taking 32 slots from 74 slots available for all airlines a day.^[5]

Terminals

Main Terminal

This terminal serves for all departing and arriving flights. The terminal operates for domestic flights only.

Presidential Terminal

This terminal is used solely by the President of the Republic of Indonesia and other government VIP flights.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Batik Air	Ambon, Balikpapan, Banda Aceh, Bandar Lampung, Batam, Bengkulu, Denpasar/Bali, Kupang, Makassar, Malang, Mataram–Lombok, Medan, Padang, Palembang, Pekanbaru, Pontianak, Semarang, Surakarta/Solo, Surabaya, Yogyakarta
Citilink	Denpasar/Bali, Malang, Mataram–Lombok, Medan, Padang, Palembang, Semarang, Silangit, Surakarta/Solo, Surabaya, Yogyakarta
Pelita Air	Charter: Cilacap, Dumai, Matak
Susi Air	Cilacap, Pangandaran
TransNusa	Pagar Alam^[6] Charter: Cilacap,^[7] Matak
Wings Air	Bandung, Tasikmalaya

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Cardig Air	Balikpapan, Singapore
Tri-MG Intra Asia Airlines	Balikpapan, Singapore

SHIA to HPIA express rail link

Soekarno–Hatta ARL

Airport Skytrain

BST

SHIA

to Tangerang

Jakarta Outer Ring Road 2

BPR

Batu Ceper

passed stations

Poris

Banten
Special Capital Region of Jakarta

Kalideres

RW

Rawa Buaya

passed stations

Jakarta Outer Ring Road

Bojong Indah

Taman Kota

Pesing

Grogol

West Flood Canal

Jakarta Inner Ring Road

DU

Duri

to Cikarang (clockwise)

passed stations

Tanah Abang

to Rangkasbitung

Karet

BNC

BNI City

Dukuh Atas BNI

Sudirman

Dukuh Atas

to Jakarta Kota

MRI

Manggarai

to Cikarang (counter-clockwise)

to Bogor

The feasibility study of an airport-to-airport Express Train has been finished and ready for prequalification offering. The Express Train initial plan is from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (SHIA) to Manggarai, but to realize needs of transportation from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport (HPA), the route is extended from Manggarai to HPA. The route will stretch 33 kilometers, from Halim-Cawang-Manggarai-Tanah Abang-Sudirman-Pluit-Terminal 2&3 SHIA, on surface, underground and elevated, and has been agreed by Peraturan Menteri Nomor 1264 Tahun 2013 of Transportation Ministry. The Express Train takes 30 minutes to travel between two airports instead of a 1 to 3 hours drive.^[8]

Accidents and Incidents

On 24 June 1982, British Airways Flight 9, a Boeing 747-200 flew through a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, causing the failure of all four engines. The crew diverted the aircraft to Jakarta and it landed safely.
On 9 May 2012, a new Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 carrying over 40 people went missing during a demonstration flight for potential buyers and journalists. The Sukhoi Superjet-100 took off from Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusuma Airport bound for Pelabuhan Ratu, Sukabumi, West Java, at 2:21 p.m. (7:21 a.m. GMT). It crashed on Mount Salak.
On 21 June 2012, an Indonesian Air Force Fokker F-27 crashed on landing and hit a housing complex near Halim airport.
On 4 April 2016, Batik Air Flight 7703, a Boeing 737-800 registration PK-LBS, collided with a TransNusa ATR 42 while taxiing. The Boeing 737 wingtip sliced the tail of the ATR. The wingtip of the Boeing 737 burst into flames but was quickly extinguished. No one on board were killed.^[9]

President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, walks past Indonesian honor guards at the airport
Citilink Airbus A320-200 taxiing at Halim
The arrival hall of the old Tjililitan airfield in 1915–1925
The old Tjililitan airfield in 1925–1935
A Fokker F.VII plane at Tjililitan in 1929