Husein Sastranegara International Airport

Husein Sastranegara International Airport

The airport is located in the city of Bandung and is surrounded by mountains, thus the landing approach has unique characteristics. This airport handles smaller size aircraft types, such as CASA CN235 or F28, and larger airplanes, such as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 series. In late 2010, the number of flights from the airport reached a new high, of over 30 times a day and increasing rapidly. In August and September 2012, the airport will add a new terminal to overcome the existing overcapacity terminal with 900,000 passengers, while current passengers is 1.3 million passengers. The combined terminals capacities will be 3 million passengers.
The airport has been planned as the hub for Lion Air and Indonesia AirAsia.
The Airport was built by Dutch settlers in the colonial period, in Andir village. The airport was named Andir Airfield. Husein Sastranegara Airport is named after an Indonesian aviation hero from West Java, Husein Sastranegara.
The Bandung Air Show 2010 took place as a major event for the 1st time at the airport on September 2010, bringing international aviation audiences.
On the north side of the runway, there is a hangar owned by PT Dirgantara Indonesia. Moreover, the airport is also equipped with PAPI and VOR (VHF omnidirectional range), devices that help planes to land at night and other navigation tools.
Since 1 February 2009, the international-flight passengers are required to pay an airport tax of IDR 75,000, while domestic flight passengers are required pay an airport tax of IDR 25,000.
The airport is located at the end of Pajajaran Street. Taxi and public transport are widely available. Some hotels in Bandung have provided a free airport transfer service. Car rental also has been available.

The airport has carpark hundreds of cars.

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