Selaparang Airport , was the sole airport serving the island of

Lombok Lombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east. It is ...

and the city of Mataram, the capital of the province of West Nusa Tenggara,

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until its closure on 30 September 2011. The IATA code ''AMI'' came from the nearby port of Ampenan, now a part of Mataram. The airport was operated by PT. Angkasa Pura 1 (PERSERO). The new

Lombok International Airport Lombok International Airport, (Indonesian: ''Bandar Udara Internasional Lombok'') , also known as Zainuddin Abdul Madjid International Airport, is an international airport on the island of Lombok in Indonesia. It is the island's only fully opera ...

operated under the IATA code AMI until late November 2011, toward the end of the month the IATA code LOP was formally listed for the new airport and was slowly being transitioned by the airlines operating to Lombok. Selaparang Airport was closed on 30 September 2011 to facilitate transfer of resources and operations to the new

(''Bandara Internasional Lombok'' - BIL) in

Central Lombok Regency Central Lombok Regency is a regency ( id, Kabupaten) of the Indonesian Province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is located on the island of Lombok and the capital is Praya. It covers an area of 1,208.39 km2, and had a population of 859,309 at the 2 ...

International gateway facilities

*Customs & Excise: no longer available *Immigration: no longer available *Quarantine; Health, Animals, Plants & Fish: no longer available

Departure tax

Indonesian airports frequently levy taxes upon departing passengers. Passengers departing Lombok's Selaparang Airport were subject to a

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of Rp 75,000 for international departures and Rp 30.000 for domestic departures.

Facilities

General services

*ATM: no longer available *Money Changer: no longer available *Post Office: on main road opposite airport *Public Telephone

Airport taxi services

Taxi Mataram (Airport Taksi) operated from the airport until 30 September 2011. They had an exclusive contract to provide taxi services to arriving passengers at Selaparang airport. Arriving passengers purchased taxi coupons at dedicated Airport taxi service counters at both the domestic and the international terminals. The islands other taxi operators were only able to drop off passengers inside the airport and cannot pick up passengers within the airport grounds. Prices were set by destination/zone with Lombok comprising 22 price zones. The last zone and pricing adjustment was issued by West Nusa Tenggara government decree in 2009.

Vehicle parking

*Area : 7334 m2 *Capacity : 316 sedan / motorbikes / buses Private vehicles including cars, shuttle buses, buses and motorbikes had access the airport's public parking area and terminal drop off zones. Public access to the parking area is by a dedicated roadway entered through the main terminal gate from both eastbound and westbound roadways of the nearby Jalan Adi Sucipto which runs parallel to the airports single runway. The airport operators charged an entrance fee for all vehicles entering the airport including taxis, cars, buses and motorbikes until the official closure of the airport.

Security facilities

*Baggage X-Ray: no longer available *Walk through metal detector: no longer available *Explosive detector: no longer available *Hand-wand metal detector: no longer available

Fuel supplies

*Jet A1, without icing inhibitor.

Meteorological services

*Observation: ADA: unknown refer to Bandara Internasional Lombok WADL *Forecast: ADA: unknown refer to Bandara Internasional Lombok WADL

Power supply

*Grid power : PLN : 10 385 KVA *On-site genset : 9100 KVA: serviceability unknown

Airport classification

*Class IIA *Runway dimensions : Length: 2100 m : Width: 40 m Aircraft types *Narrow body passenger aircraft : Boeing 737 : Airbus A319, A320 : Fokker F100 *Apron Area : 28 181 m2 *Parking position stands : Narrow body Alt.1 : 8 aircraft : Narrow body Alt.2 : 7 aircraft : Narrow body Alt.3 : 0 aircraft

Taxiway

*Area total size : 4830 m2 * Taxiway A:Exit T / W, 105m x 23m, PCN: 24 / f / C / x / T * Taxiway B:Exit T / W, 105m x 23m, PCN: 30 / f / C / x / T

PKP-PK

All the mobile facilities were removed to Bandara Internasional Lombok WADL at the time of cessation of operations at Selaparang. The resources listed below were those that previously served the operational airport until 30 September 2011. *CAT-VI: *Total fleet : 7 unit. Configuration: Foam Tender 3 unit: no longer available *Nurse tender : 1 unit: no longer available *Rescue tender : 2 unit: no longer available *Command car : 1 unit: no longer available *Ambulance : 2 units: no longer available *Rescue Boat : Not Available *Salvage : Not Available

Airfield lighting

*Approach Light Runway Light: operational status unknown *PAPI, REILSt: operational status unknown *Taxiway Light: operational status unknown *Flood Light Apront: operational status unknown *Rotating Beacon, Signal Areast: operational status unknown

Flight telecommunications

All demountable facilities were removed to Bandara Internasional Lombok at the time of cessation of operations at Selaparang. The resources listed below were those that previously served the operational airport until D\30 September 2011. *HF / VHF, HF SSB, VSATt: operational status unknown *ADCt: operational status unknown *AMSC, RECORDING SYSTEM, facsimile, HT, MOBILE RADIOt: operational status unknown

Terminal statistics

*International passenger terminal * Area: 1600 m2 * Capacity 47 000 pax per year *Domestic passenger terminal * Area: 3196 m2 *Capacity 285 000 pax per year *Cargo Terminal * Area: 420 m2 ''Specifications provided may be subject to change''

Future uses of the Selaparang airport

Reactivation

In February 2012, PT Angkasa Pura I (PT AP I) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Merukh Enterprise for utilizing the airport as aircraft maintenance area. PT AP I has also agreed some area of the airport is used as Lombok Institute Flying Technology (LIFT) which 51 percent stake is kept by domestic investor and the rest is kept by Castel Mark Limited,

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. The airport definitely closed for regular flights, but opens for charter flights.

Proposed development as a Regional Aviation Hub

The future use of Selaparang Airport to develop a

General Aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...

Hub for Indonesia may offer considerable opportunities for Indonesia's tourism triangle of Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa. Currently national law restricts the development of General Aviation in Indonesia due to national laws preventing other than Indonesian registered pilots to operate inside Indonesian

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without a suitably qualified Indonesian pilot present in the cockpit.

References

''For specifications source please see
PT Angkasa Pura I

External links

IATA: AMI, ICAO: WADA) Website Directorate General of Civil Aviation Republic of Indonesia
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