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Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (WIII/CGK) is Indonesia's primary international gateway, serving the Jakarta metropolitan area from a site at Benda, Tangerang and Cengkareng, West Jakarta, some 20 km northwest of the city centre. It is the country's busiest airport, operating three parallel hard-surfaced runways and functioning as the principal hub for Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air, Citilink, Batik Air and other national carriers.
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, named after Indonesia's first president Sukarno and first vice-president Mohammad Hatta, is the main airport serving Greater Jakarta on the island of Java. It is operated by InJourney Airports and is the busiest and largest airport in Indonesia, acting as the principal international gateway to the country and a major hub for Garuda Indonesia, Citilink, Batik Air, Lion Air, Super Air Jet, Indonesia AirAsia, Pelita Air and TransNusa. For a simulator pilot, the field offers a large, complex international environment with three long parallel runways, dense mixed traffic and full ILS coverage on most runway ends.
The airport lies at Benda, Tangerang and Cengkareng, West Jakarta, about 20 km northwest of Central Jakarta, within the Jakarta area of operations. Traffic is coordinated through Jakarta Approach and Arrival control, with a dedicated Jakarta Central Information service and a separate Pabelokan Information frequency also listed for the area.
The airport has three physical parallel runways. 07R/25L is a hard-surfaced, lit runway of approximately 12,017 ft with ILS available on both ends. 07L/25R is a hard-surfaced, lit runway of approximately 11,807 ft, also with ILS on both ends. 06/24 is a shorter hard-surfaced, lit runway, about 9,482 ft on 06 and 9,815 ft on 24, with ILS provided on runway 24. Field elevation is 26 ft.
Jakarta Approach operates on 119.75 MHz, with Jakarta Arrival on 125.45 MHz. The ATIS broadcasts on 126.85 MHz. Clearance Delivery is on 121.95 MHz, and Ground on 121.6 MHz. The Tower frequency is 118.75 MHz. A Jakarta Central Information (FSS) service is available on 129.7 MHz, and a separate Pabelokan Information service is provided on 129.8 MHz. The field is equipped with ILS approaches, as noted in the runway data above.
Before Soekarno-Hatta was built, Jakarta was served by Kemayoran Airport, the city's original gateway dating from the Dutch colonial era, and by Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, which was primarily an Indonesian Air Force base handling some non-scheduled passenger flights. By the late 1960s Kemayoran's central, densely populated location left no room for expansion, and rising air traffic combined with restricted civilian airspace around Jakarta created growing operational problems; the issue was raised at a senior communications officers' meeting in Bangkok in 1969. In the early 1970s, with USAID assistance, eight potential sites north and south of Jakarta were studied, and the North Tangerang site was ultimately chosen, with Jonggol identified as a possible future alternative airfield. Halim Perdanakusuma was upgraded in 1974 as an interim international airport while the new field was developed. A Canadian consortium of Aviation Planning Services, ACRES International and Searle Wilbee Rowland, working with the Indonesian firm PT Konavi, carried out the feasibility study between 1974 and 1975, proposing three inline runways and multiple terminal buildings including facilities for Hajj flights. Construction proceeded in two phases, from 1975 to 1980 and 1980 to 1985, with the first passenger terminal completed in 1980. The airport began domestic operations on 1 May 1985, replacing the overcrowded Kemayoran Airport, and was officially inaugurated by President Soeharto. It was named after Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, Indonesia's first president and vice-president.
Soekarno-Hatta remains Indonesia's busiest and largest airport and its principal international gateway, handling tens of millions of passengers annually and serving as the main hub for Garuda Indonesia, Citilink, Batik Air, Lion Air, Super Air Jet, Indonesia AirAsia, Pelita Air, NAM Air, Sriwijaya Air and TransNusa. It handles both extensive domestic services across Indonesia and international routes across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and is operated by InJourney Airports.