Airports in Kalimantan are quite a few and are scattered in different parts of the island. Airports in Kalimantan are equipped with all the latest facilities that any tourist can ask for.
The main airports that are found are:
Sepinggan International Airport:
Sepinggan International Airport is one of the main airports of Kalimantan. The airport is located about 4.5 km east of Balikpapan in Kalimantan. A lot of international and domestic flights fly from this airport. The airport first began its operations in the year 1997 with a new building and runway structure, thus replacing the old structure on the same site. The length of the airport is about 81815 ft having an elevation of about 12 ft. The surface of the airport is made of asphalt.
The following airlines operate through this airport:
Adam Air (Jakarta, Surabaya)
Batavia Air (Banjarmasin, Jakarta, Manado, Palu, Surabaya, Tarakan)
Dirgantara Air Services (Banjarmasin, Samarinda, Tanjung)
Garuda Indonesia (Denpasar, Jakarta, Makassar, Manado, Yogyakarta)
Citilink (Surabaya, Tarakan)
Indonesia AirAsia (Jakarta)
Kartika Airlines (Surabaya, Tarakan)
Lion Air (Jakarta, Surabaya)
Mandala Airlines (Surabaya, Tarakan, Yogyakarta, Malang
Merpati Nusantara Airlines (Makassar)
Singapore Airlines
Silk Air (Singapore)
Sriwijaya (Jakarta, Surabaya, Palu)
(The words in brackets denotes the destinations)
Pangkalanbun Airport: This airport is situated in the eastern part of the island. Mainly domestic flights operate from this place. Flights from Makassar and Jakarta operate from this airport.
Syamsudin Noor Airport: This airport is situated in the southern part of Kalimantan and near to Banjarmasin. The airport mainly deals with domestic flights flying to different destinations of Indonesia. The main airways which operate from this airport are:
Adam Air (Surabaya)
Batavia Air (Balikpapan, Jakarta, Surabaya)
Dirgantara Air Services (Balikpapan, Pangkalanbun, Pontianak, Sampit, Tanjung)
Garuda Indonesia (Jakarta)
Lion Air (Jakarta, Surabaya)
Mandala Airlines (Yogyakarta)
Sriwijaya Air (Jakarta, Surabaya)
Wings Air (Jakarta)
(The words in brackets denotes the destinations)
The other important airports are:
Berau Airport
Datadawai Airport
Long Bawan Airport
Ketapang Airport
Supadio Airport
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