Kemayoran Airport

Kemayoran Airport

Kemayoran Airport, also spelled Kemajoran Airport, was the principal airport for Jakarta, Indonesia, from 8 July 1940 until 31 March 1985, when it was replaced by Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. What was Kemayoran Airport is now located in two subdistricts: the southern part is located in the Kemayoran Subdistrict, and the northern part is in Pademangan Subdistrict, (North Jakarta).
In 1975, international flights were temporarily moved to Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base.
Flight operations terminated on the night of March 31, 1985, and domestic flights were immediately transferred to Soekarno-Hatta Airport. The airport was briefly reactivated for the Kemayoran Air Show in 1996.
Following the airport's closure, the areas around what is then Kemayoran Airport is developed with highrises. These changes transform the area around Kemayoran Airport into a more metropolitan city. Consequently, cultural values such as the Betawi Culture is threatened.
The location of the former airport has been a favorite subject in urban planning, on which the former runways has been converted into a wide boulevard, while the green areas around has been filled gradually into developments such as Jakarta International Exposition Center and Kotabaru Kemayoran Bandar Kemayoran. Several expansion projects have been abandoned however, due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis like Jakarta Tower and Pallazo Apartement.
The remains of the control tower and main terminal still stands south of the JIE site, with a portion of the airport tarmac remaining in front of the terminal, as is the terminal's forecourt. Plans were in consideration to convert the former main terminal into a government office; this plan was apparently abandoned after 2003, as construction progress has stopped. The current government office stands next to the terminal. The site of the former control tower was once set for a residential property, with the tower itself torn down, but due to the 1997-98 financial crisis, has been largely abandoned.
Kemayoran Airport is the setting for the beginning of The Adventures of Tintin comic, Flight 714, by Hergx. Tintin and his friends, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, Snowy, transit there for refueling stop on the way to Sydney, Australia.

The former terminal of taken on 8 July 2012.

Kemayoran Airport, 2012. Photo -

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