Maimun Saleh Airport is a small airport with a runway length of and altitude of in Sabang,

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. It is situated on the island right above the northern tip of

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in the Andaman Sea. It is part of the Sabang city in

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province. This airport was named after

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pilot Maimun Saleh, who died in a plane crash at

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facility such as

El Tari Elias Tari (17 April 1926 - 29 April 1978) was the Governor of East Nusa Tenggara from 1966 to 1978. His name became the name of an airport in Kupang, El Tari Airport El Tari International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional El Tari) is ...

Airport. The nearest airport to Sabang is

Sultan Iskandarmuda Airport Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport (Indonesian: ''Bandar Udara Internasional Sultan Iskandar Muda'', Acehnese: ''Bandar Udara Antar Nanggroë Sultan Iskandar Muda''), also called Banda Aceh International Airport (Indonesian: ''Bandar Uda ...

, which is located in nearby Banda Aceh; it serves both international and domestic flights.

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