Pondok Cabe Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Pondok Cabe) is a combined civilian and military airport in Pondok Cabe, Pamulang, South Tangerang. The airport is owned by the state oil company Pertamina and operated by

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, which also owned Indopelita Aircraft Services that has a maintenance hangar at this airport. Pondok Cabe does not handle regular airline traffic. Other than serving as the

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base for

and PT. Indonesia Defence Services, the airport is also the home of the Aviation Wing of the

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equipped- Multipurpose air squadron of the

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and Naval Aviation (Puspenerbal) of

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as well as Portela Jaya

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hangar. Pondok Cabe Airport serves Ciputat, Cinere, Depok, other parts of

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and districts in

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. . The airport is located in South Tangerang and not far from the border of Cinere in Depok, Pamulang, West and East Ciputat in South Tangerang, and Cilandak and Jagakarsa in South Jakarta. It has a runway with a length of . There has been discussion to develop Pondok Cabe into a commercial airport since 2008. Indonesian flag carrier

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even planned to open a base at Pondok Cabe Airport by the end of 2016. However, since Pondok Cabe airport shares the same

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, Pondok Cabe cannot be developed further as a commercial airport as initially planned.

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