Sutan Sjahrir Air Force Base

Pangkalan Udara Sutan Sjahrir

باندارو سوتان سيهرير
Tabing Airport terminal (2004)
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorGovernment
LocationNanggalo, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia
Elevation AMSL9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates0°52′51″S 100°21′14″E / 0.8807°S 100.3539°E / -0.8807; 100.3539
Map
WIMG is located in Sumatra
WIMG
WIMG
Location in Sumatra
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 7,041 2,200 Concrete
Source: DAFIF

Sutan Sjahrir Air Force Base, formerly Tabing Airport (IATA: PDG, ICAO: WIMG), is a military air base in Padang, Indonesia. Tabing Airport was West Sumatra's primary airport for civil aviation prior to the opening of Minangkabau International Airport on 22 July 2005. Tabing Airport is now used by the Indonesian Air Force, renaming it after Sutan Sjahrir, Indonesia's first prime minister.

Incidents and accidents

References

  1. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network.
  2. "Indonesia plane lands at Tabing not Padang". BBC News Asia. 2012. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  3. "SRIWIJAYA AIR NYASAR : KNKT Periksa Percakapan Pilot" (in Indonesian). Solo Pos. 2012. Retrieved 2013-02-19.



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