Miangas Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Miangas) is located on the island of
Miangas
Miangas or Palmas is North Sulawesi's northernmost island, and one of 92 officially listed outlying islands of Indonesia.
Etymology
''Miangas'' means "exposed to piracy", because pirates from Mindanao used to visit the island. In the 16th centur ...
,
North Sulawesi
North Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Utara) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the Minahasa Peninsula of Sulawesi, south of the Philippines and southeast of Sabah, Malaysia. It borders the Philippine province of Davao Occidental and Soccsks ...
. It is one of the most remote airport in
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. The airport was built in 2012 with a construction investment of billion
and opened on 12 March 2017.
Wings Air
PT Wings Abadi Airlines, operating as Wings Air, is a scheduled commuter passenger low cost airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The airline operates out of Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar as well as several other airports aro ...
opened its inaugural flight from
Manado to Miangas Airport, with stopover at
Melangguane Airport
Melangguane Airport, also known as Melonguane Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Melonguane) is an airport serving the city of Melangguane, located within the Talaud Islands Regency, part of the province of North Sulawesi on the island of Karakelong in ...
.
Facilities
The airport has one runway designated as 03/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,400 by 30 metres which can accommodate planes such as
ATR-72
The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop, short-haul regional airliner developed and produced in France and Italy by aircraft manufacturer ATR (french: Avions de transport régional or it, Aerei da Trasporto Regionale), a joint venture formed by ...
. It also has a 130 by 65 metres apron sufficient for operating three aircraft at the same time.
This airport also houses a 356 square metre terminal warehouse.
References
Airports in North Sulawesi
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