Depati_Amir_Airport
Depati Amir Airport
Airport in Indonesia
Depati Amir Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Depati Amir) (IATA: PGK, ICAO: WIPK) also known as Pangkal Pinang Airport, is an airport in Indonesia located in Pangkal Pinang on Bangka Island, part of Bangka Belitung Islands province. The airport has been managed by PT. Angkasa Pura II since January 2007. It was originally named Pangkalpinang Airport built since the Japanese occupation of 1942 as a defense against Allied soldiers. In accordance with the letter of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Transportation. 378 / TLK / DEPHUB / VIII / 85 dated 22 August 1985 the name of the airport was changed to airport. Based on the Decree of the Minister of Transportation No. SK.1 / AU.106 / PHB-99 dated 25 August 1999, Pangkalpinang Airport was changed to Amir Bangka Airport, which is an UPT from Vertical Institution of Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transportation.
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Since January 1, 2007, the airport was handed over to a state-owned company in charge of the management of several airports in western Indonesia, namely PT. Angkasa Pura II (Persero). For air space controlled by the Air Traffic Service Unit of Depati Amir Airport initially only serves the area around the airport up to 2,500 feet altitude. In 1992, the border area expanded, with a horizontal limit of up to 30 Nm, and a vertical limit of 15,000 feet. In 2008, after being managed by PT. Angkasa Pura II, horizontal boundaries widened to a distance of varied 80 Nm, while the vertical limit to 24,500 feet. Since January 1, 2013, airspace management at Depati Amir Airport has been transferred to the Indonesian Air Navigation Service Provider or AirAsia Operator. It is one of the two main airports in Bangka Belitung province, the other being H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin International Airport in Belitung. The airport is awarded as the best airport in Asia-Pacific in 2020 (under 2 million passenger per annum) by Airports Council International[1]