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Lombok International Airport (WADL) is the principal gateway to the island of Lombok in Indonesia's West Nusa Tenggara province, situated at Tanak Awu in the Praya area south of Mataram. It offers a single long, ILS-equipped runway suited to everything from turboprops to widebody jets, making it a straightforward and well-marked destination for simulator pilots exploring the region.
Lombok International Airport, also known as Zainuddin Abdul Madjid International Airport, is the main airport serving the island of Lombok. It replaced the older Selaparang Airport and opened for operations on 1 October 2011, when the first aircraft to land was a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-800NG. Built on a large site of around 551.8 hectares, it was for a time the second-largest airport area in Indonesia after Soekarno-Hatta. For a sim pilot, it is an interesting island destination combining a single generous ILS runway with the scenic backdrop of Lombok's coastline and Mount Rinjani.
The airport lies in Tanak Awu, within Central Lombok Regency (Kabupaten Lombok Tengah), in the south-central part of the island, roughly 40 km from Mataram, the capital of West Nusa Tenggara, and about 55 km from the Senggigi tourist area in West Lombok. It serves as the main gateway to Lombok and nearby destinations such as the Gili Islands, Mandalika and Mount Rinjani.
The airfield has a single physical runway, 13/31, measuring 9009 feet in length with a hard surface. Both directions are lit, and runway 13 is served by an ILS approach.
No specific communications frequencies are recorded for Lombok International Airport in current aeronautical data. Runway 13 is equipped with an ILS approach.
No detailed joining or circuit procedures for VFR traffic are available from the sources consulted.
No published visual reference points are given in the sources consulted; pilots should note the airport's location at Tanak Awu, south-central Lombok, with the coastline to the south and Mount Rinjani visible to the north across the island.
The idea of building a new international airport for Lombok dates back to at least 2005, driven by ambitions to boost tourism on the island; the name Bandara Internasional Lombok was chosen following a public poll. The airport was constructed to handle widebody aircraft such as the Boeing 767 and Airbus A320, unlike its predecessor, Selaparang Airport, which could not. It opened on 1 October 2011 with the arrival of a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-800NG. In 2018 it was renamed Zainuddin Abdul Madjid International Airport in honour of the Islamic scholar and founder of Nahdlatul Wathan. In 2019, Indonesia AirAsia launched the first direct route to Australia, connecting Lombok with Perth, and at the time expressed intentions to develop the airport as a hub and an alternative to the congested Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali.
Lombok International Airport today operates as a full domestic and international airport with a single terminal handling both types of traffic. Airlines operating there include Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air, Wings Air, Citylink and AirAsia, connecting Lombok to major Indonesian cities such as Jakarta, Denpasar and Surabaya, as well as international destinations in Malaysia and Singapore.