Tjilik Riwut Airport, formerly Panarung Airport, is an airport in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. This airport is named after Tjilik Riwut, the second Governor of Central Kalimantan. The airport served about 1 million passengers in 2018.
History
Tjilik Riwut Airport formerly Panarung Airport, opened on 1 May 1958 the inauguration was carried out by the Central BorneoResident viz. Mr. Tjilik Riwut. At that time it can be used and landed by a Twin Otter aircraft. On 24 September 1973 Panarung Airport by the Regional Government of Central Borneo was handed over to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation at the Department Transportation of Indonesia. Since then the responsibility of the Central Borneo Regional Government has shifted completely to the central government, as a follow up to the handover by the Minister of Transportation Mr. Prof. Dr. Emil Salim declared Panarung Palangka Raya Airport as an domestic airport using a Fokker 27 aircraft. Panarung Airport becomes Tjilik Riwut Airport Coinciding with the commemoration of National Heroes' Day on 10 November 1988 the name of Tjilik Riwut, enshrined for the airport name. The name change to Tjilik Riwut Airport and the signing of the inscription was carried out by the Minister of Transportation Republic of Indonesia Ir. Azwar Anas. The name change is in accordance with the proposal of the Governor of Central Borneo, and recommendations / responses of Minister of the Interior. The prescription of the name is because Tjilik Riwut is a National Hero . On 28 March 2019 the airport's new terminal began operations, all flight activities at the airport's old terminal were moved to the new airport terminal. Then on 8 April 2019 the new terminal of Tjilik Riwut Airport was inaugurated by President of the Republic of IndonesiaJoko Widodo.
Terminal facilities
The capacity of the airport has increased after the new terminal was officially inaugurated on 28 March 2019. The total terminal capacity at that time was 15,000 square meters, able to serve 1,000 passengers daily. The terminal was extended further with an area of 29,124 square meters; the double level terminal can now serve 2,200 passengers daily. There are a few shops and restaurants in the terminal to serve the passengers. The airport has its own taxi service for arrival passengers; alternative local taxi and transport companies such as Grab, GoJek and small local buses are not permitted to collect passengers from the airport.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Accidents and incidents
29 August 2011: Garuda IndonesiaBoeing 737-500 aircraft with flight number GA 551 failed to fly from Palangkaraya, Central Borneo to Jakarta due to air disturbance in the aircraft cabin. Air disturbance in the aircraft cabin was only discovered when the aircraft carrying 96 people had taken off from Palangkaraya, at 08.04 WIB. After being in the air for about 10 minutes the pilot decided to return to base on the grounds of technical problems.
30 September 2011: Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-500 Aiming for Jakarta to Palangkaraya, failed to land due to fog in the Palangkaraya. This incident was caused due to Smoky Weather and Pilot Distance. The pilots finally decided to land at Syamsudin Noor Airport in Banjarmasin.
22 April 2012: Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-800NG with flight number GA 550 bumps into an Eagle while on its way to land at Palangka Raya. There were no fatalities in this incident, but the muzzle of the plane that was hit by the Eagle was damaged. And the flight to Jakarta was delayed, and the passenger to Jakarta departed at 20:00 Local Time, with a Flight Replacement from Jakarta.
22 September 2012: Lion AirBoeing 737-900ER that was chartered by a contingent of Central Borneo contingents on PON XVIII had failed to land at Palangka Raya, 00.15am Local Time. This incident occurred when the plane had touched the runway, but the plane flew back and circled in the air for 45 minutes, and then the plane landed again in this airport. This incident happened because this Chartered Flight and pilot had never landed in Palangkaraya even at night.
