Raja Haji Fisabilillah Airport

Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport (IATA: TNJ, ICAO: WIDN), formerly Kijang Airport, is an airport located in Tanjung Pinang, Bintan, Riau Islands, Indonesia. It is the second largest airport in Riau Islands, after the Hang Nadim International Airport in Batam.

History

The airport is named after Raja Haji Fisabilillah. In the beginning, it was managed by the State Assets Directorate General of Civil Aviation Ministry of Transportation. In 2000, the operation of Kijang Airport Tanjung Pinang submitted to PT Angkasa Pura II.

On April 12, 2008, Kijang airport name officially changed to Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport. Inauguration of the name of Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport was conducted by the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia Jusman Syafii Djamal symbolically marked by turning the siren and the signing of the stone inscriptions in the presence of Riau Islands Governor Ismeth Abdullah, Vice Governor of Riau Islands HM Sani, Chairman of the Parliament H.M. Nur Syafriadi and other local officials. A new passenger terminal with a size of 8,210 square feet and one aerobridge was inaugurated on June 2013. It has a capacity of 600.000 per year.

The airport formerly served international destination to Malacca in Malaysia by Sky Aviation. This was stopped in mid-2013 when Sky Aviation ceased to operate. Since then, the airport do not serve any regular international destinations.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Garuda Indonesia	Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta
Lion Air	Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta
Nam Air	Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta
Nusantara Air Charter	Matak, Natuna, Pekanbaru
Sriwijaya Air	Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta
Susi Air	Dabo
XpressAir	Pekanbaru^[3]

Hubs

Raja Haji Fisabilillah Airport is also a hub for Flybest Flight Academy which has its main base at Hang Nadim International Airport, Batam. Flybest operates Cessna C152, Cessna C172 and Piper Seneca PA34 aircraft from here on training flights to Numbing and Mapur islands as well as cross-country flights to Dabo, Singkep, Pekanbaru, Balai Karimun and Batam. International flights have also been conducted from its Batam base to and from Malacca in Malaysia for maintenance purposes.

Statistics

**Top Destinations of Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport by Flight Frequency per August 2013**
Rank	Destinations	Number of Flight Frequency per Week
1	Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta	7
2	Pekanbaru	6
3	Dabo	3

References

↑ Airport information for WIDN at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
↑ Airport information for WIDN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
↑ http://tanjungpinangpos.co.id/2015/121913/buka-rute-tanjungpinang-pekanbaru/

External links

Airports in Indonesia

Java

Greater Jakarta	Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta (CGK)* Jakarta–Halim Perdanakusuma (HLP)* Depok/South Tangerang (PCB) Jakarta–Pulau Panjang (PPJ)

West Java	Bandung (BDO)* Cirebon (CBN) Kertajati (—) Pangandaran (PAN) Tasikmalaya (TSY)

Central Java	Cepu (CPF) Cilacap (CXP) Karimunjawa (KWB) Purbalingga (PWL) Semarang (SRG)* Surakarta/Solo (SOC)*

Yogyakarta	Kulon Progo (—) Yogyakarta (JOG)*

East Java	Banyuwangi (BWX) Bawean Jember (JBB) Madiun (IWJ) Malang (MLG) Surabaya (SUB)* Sumenep (SUP)

Sumatra

Aceh	Banda Aceh (BTJ)* Kutacane Lhokseumawe (LSW) Lhoksukon (LSX) Meulaboh (MEQ) Singkil Sabang (SBG) Sinabang

North Sumatra	Batu Islands (—) Gunung Sitoli (GNS) Medan–Kualanamu (KNO)* Medan–Suwondo (MES) Padang Sidempuan (AEG) Parapat (SIW) Sibolga (FLZ) Silangit (DTB)

West Sumatra	Padang-Minangkabau (PDG)* Padang–Tabing Simpang Ampek (---) Sipora (RKI)

Riau	Pekanbaru (PKU)* Dumai (DUM) Tembilahan Rengat (RGT) Sungai Pakning (SEQ) Pasir Pangaraiyan (PPR) Pangkalan Kerinci

Riau (Islands)	Batam (BTH)* Karimun (TJB) Natuna (NTX) Matak–Anambas (MWK) Dabo (SIQ) Tanjung Pinang (TNJ)

Jambi	Jambi (DJB) Sungaipenuh (KRC) Muara Bungo (MAF)

Bengkulu	Bengkulu (BKS) Muko-Muko

South Sumatra	Lubuklinggau (LLG) Palembang (PLM)*

Bangka–Belitung	Pangkal Pinang (PGK) Tanjung Pandan (TJQ)

Lampung	Bandar Lampung (TKG)

Kalimantan

West Kalimantan	Ketapang (KTG) Nanga Pinoh (NPO) Pontianak (PNK)* Putussibau (PSU) Sintang (SQG)

Central Kalimantan	Muara Teweh (MTW) Palangkaraya (PKY) Pangkalanbun (PKN) Sampit (SMQ) Tumbang Samba (TBM)

South Kalimantan	Banjarmasin (BDJ) Kotabaru (KBU) Tanjung Warukin (TJG) Batulicin (BTW)

East Kalimantan	Balikpapan (BPN)* Berau (BEJ) Bontang (BXT) Datadawai (DTD) Melak (MLK) Samarinda Samarinda Temindung

North Kalimantan	Long Apung (LPU) Long Bawan (LBW) Malinau (MLN) Nunukan (NNX) Tanjung Selor (TJS) Tarakan (TRK)*

Sulawesi

South Sulawesi	Makassar (UPG)* Masamba (MXB) Selayar Soroako (SQR) Tana Toraja (TTR)

West Sulawesi	Mamuju (MJU)

South East Sulawesi	Baubau (BUW) Kendari (KDI) Kolaka (PUM) Raha (RAX) Wakatobi

Central Sulawesi	Buol (UDL) Luwuk (LUW) Palu (PLW) Poso (PSJ) Toli-Toli (TLI)

Gorontalo	Gorontalo (GTO)

North Sulawesi	Melangguane (MNA) Manado (MDC)* Naha (NAH)

Lesser Sunda Islands

Bali	Denpasar (DPS)* Buleleng (—)

West Nusa Tenggara	Bima (BMU) Lombok (LOP)* Mataram (AMI) Sumbawa Besar (SWQ)

East Nusa Tenggara	Atambua (ABU) Bajawa (BJW) Ende (ENE) Labuan Bajo (LBJ) Kalabahi (ARD) Kupang (KOE) Larantuka (LKA) Lewoleba (LWE) Maumere (MOF) Rote Island (RTI) Ruteng (RTG) Savu Island (SAU) Tambolaka (TMC) Waingapu (WGP)

Maluku

Maluku	Ambon (AMQ) Banda (NDA) Benjina (BJK) Dobo (DOB) Kisar Langgur (Tual) (LUV) Larat Masohi (AMI) Namlea (NAM) Namrole (NRE) Saumlaki (SXK) Wahai (WHI)

North Maluku	Buli (WUB) Galela (GLX) Labua (LAH) Morotai (OTI) Sanana (SQN) Ternate (TTE) Tobelo (KAZ)

Papua

Papua	Biak (BIK) Boven Digoel (TMH) Jayapura (DJJ) Merauke (MKQ) Nabire (NBX) Oksibil (ORG) Timika (TIM) Wamena (WMX)

West Papua	Fak Fak (FKQ) Kaimana (KNG) Labuha (LAH) Manokwari (MKW) Sorong (SOQ)

Names in Bold are international airports. Names of international airports marked with * have Visa on Arrival (VoA) facility

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