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Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport lies in East Jakarta, sharing its single runway and infrastructure with a major Indonesian Air Force base. Named after national hero Halim Perdanakusuma, the field has served as Batavia's original airfield since the 1920s and today functions as Jakarta's secondary commercial airport alongside its continuing military role.
Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport (ICAO: WIHH, IATA: HLP) serves Jakarta as a combined military and secondary commercial aerodrome, sitting on land owned by the Indonesian Air Force and operated for civil purposes by InJourney Airports. It is named after Halim Perdanakusuma, an Indonesian Air Force officer and national hero, and functions as a secondary hub for Batik Air with Citilink and Susi Air also basing operations there. For a simulator pilot the field is of interest both for its long aviation pedigree, stretching back to the earliest days of flying in the Dutch East Indies, and for its present-day mix of airline, military and VIP/presidential traffic on a single long runway.
The airport is located in East Jakarta, near the border with Bekasi in West Java, around 12 kilometres from Jakarta's city centre. It shares its airfield and facilities with Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base, a Type A installation of the Indonesian Air Force and one of the service's largest bases, which also hosts several squadrons and serves as headquarters for multiple air force units. Traffic in the area is worked by Jakarta Approach, Arrival and Director positions, reflecting the airport's position within the wider Jakarta terminal airspace alongside the larger Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
The airfield has a single physical runway, 06/24, of hard surface construction and lit along its length. Runway 06 is 9,831 feet long and runway 24 is 9,190 feet long, with an instrument landing system serving runway 24.
Jakarta Approach is available on 119.75 MHz and Jakarta Arrival on 125.45 MHz, with Jakarta Director on 119.7 MHz providing radar handling into the terminal area. ATIS broadcasts are on 128.8 MHz. Tower operates on 122.05 MHz, with a secondary tower frequency on 122.7 MHz. An ILS approach is available for runway 24.
Halim Perdanakusuma is the oldest airfield in Jakarta, built around 1924 as Tjililitan Airfield, named after its borough in what was then Batavia. From 1 November 1928 the Dutch airline KNILM operated scheduled services from the field to Bandung, Semarang and Surabaya, and a year later Tjililitan gained international recognition when KLM used a Fokker F.VII to set an intercontinental distance record, flying 14,500 km from the Netherlands to Batavia in ten days. The airfield also served the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force, and by 1941 hosted Air Group III, equipped with Martin B-10 bombers, as the Dutch East Indies prepared for war in the Pacific. On 25 February 1942 the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service raided Batavia with Tjililitan as one of its targets; eight Hawker Hurricanes of No. 605 and No. 242 Squadrons RAF were based there to defend the city, supported on the ground by British and Dutch colonial anti-aircraft units, in an engagement that cost one British soldier his life before Allied aircraft were withdrawn to Bandung. The airfield was subsequently overrun and occupied by Japanese forces, who operated Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters from the site in support of Pacific War operations. Following Japan's surrender in 1945 the field reverted to Dutch control and was rebuilt. The airport later took on the name of Halim Perdanakusuma and, from 1974, began handling international flights to relieve pressure on the then-busy Kemayoran Airport, before eventually settling into its present role as a secondary airport for Jakarta.
Civil operations at Halim Perdanakusuma are run by InJourney Airports, while the land remains owned by the Indonesian Air Force and the airfield continues to host Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base. The airport functions as a secondary hub for Batik Air and as an operating base for Citilink and Susi Air, handling primarily domestic scheduled services alongside charter, VIP and presidential flights, since the civilian facilities and the military base share the same runway and airfield infrastructure.