Tempuling Airport is a domestic airport located at

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, the capital of

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province, Indonesia. It serves Tembilahan and surrounding areas. Currently, this airport only serves flights to and from

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. This airport is able to serve aircraft equivalent to

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and

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History

The airport was built since 2006 and finished in 2008.http://gis.dephub.go.id/mapping/Bandara/InformasiUmumView.aspx?idbdr=843 This airport is actually located in Sungai Salak Village, Tempuling District, 24 km from Tembilahan. The runway has been extended from 1,350 metres to 1,800 metres to accommodate larger aircraft than previous, and the airport now is able to accommodate aircraft equivalent to

and

. A new airport terminal is under construction and was expected to be finished in 2019.

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