AviatDataKualanamu International Airport KNO / WIMM
Medan (Deli Serdang), North Sumatra · Indonesia · PT Angkasa Pura Aviasi — joint venture between PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia (InJourney Airports, 51%) and the GMR Airports Consortium (GMR Group of India and the Aeroports de Paris Group, 49%), operating the airport under a 25-year concession since commercial handover on 7 July 2022
7.0Mpax · 2025
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAWIMM / KNO
OperatorPT Angkasa Pura Aviasi — joint venture between PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia (InJourney Airports, 51%) and the GMR Airports Consortium (GMR Group of India and the Aeroports de Paris Group, 49%), operating the airport under a 25-year concession since commercial handover on 7 July 2022
Coordinates3.6422°N, 98.8853°E
Elevation23 ft · 7 m
Time zoneWIB (UTC+7, no DST)
Passengers / yr7,000,000 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceWIMM — AIP Indonesia, AD 2.WIMM (DGCA/AirNav Indonesia eAIP)
Operating hoursH24, no published curfew
TerminalsSingle integrated passenger terminal (224,298 sqm, expanded from the original 118,930 sqm building opened in 2013) handling both domestic and international traffic in one building, sized toward roughly 22 million passengers/year by 2030; separate cargo terminal; direct rail connection via the Kualanamu Airport Rail Link to Medan Railway Station in the city center
Runways (1)
- 05/23 · 3,750 m / 12,303 ft · 60 m wide · Asphalt · ILS ILS CAT I both ends (RWY 05 and RWY 23); specific localizer identifiers/frequencies not independently verified against the current AIP Indonesia eAIP and are omitted pending confirmation
Airport contact
North Sumatra's principal international gateway and Sumatra's busiest airport, opened in 2013 to replace the land-locked Polonia Airport in central Medan; since 7 July 2022 operated under a 25-year joint-venture concession pairing state operator Angkasa Pura (now InJourney Airports) with the GMR/ADP consortium. Full-year 2025 traffic is an ESTIMATE (~7.0M, no year-end release found yet) following roughly 7.1 million passengers in 2024; the international segment reached 2.0 million passengers Jan-Oct 2025, up 7.3% y/y from about 1.85 million in the same period of 2024, per PT Angkasa Pura Aviasi. Served by both domestic and international carriers including Lion Air, Citilink, Super Air Jet, Wings Air and Indonesia AirAsia, with Scoot adding a Kualanamu-Singapore route from February 2026.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
PT Gapura Angkasa
Full-service ground handler at KNO (branch office: Jl. Arteri Sultan Serdang, Hub Commercial Bizpark Blok A 22-23, Kab. Deli Serdang — phone •••, confirmed directly on Gapura's own Sumatra station page); its company profile lists Basic Ground Handling, Basic Turnaround Handling, Basic Transit Handling and Basic Technical Handling as services provided at this station. State-owned (Garuda/Angkasa Pura I/Angkasa Pura II), operating at 25 Indonesian airports.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
PT Jasa Angkasa Semesta (JAS)
ISAGO-certified ground handling at KNO — confirmed directly on JAS's own site ("JAS is now ISAGO certified in Soetta, Djuanda, Ngurah Rai and now Kualanamu airports"), one of only four JAS stations to hold the certification. Handled Qatar Airways' Doha-Kualanamu route-launch flight (B787) around 15-17 Jan 2024, per JAS's own social posts citing "reliable ground and cargo handling support." JAS is Indonesia's first ground handling agent to reach TAPA FSR Level C certification (company-wide, announced Mar 2025, covering 3 cargo warehouse locations).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available
Pertamina Patra Niaga (Pertamina Aviation)
State fuel company supplying Jet A-1/Avgas 100LL via its Aviation Fuel Terminal (AFT) network; Kualanamu is named as one of 14 embarkasi airports allocated avtur supply for the 2026 Hajj season (confirmed: Pertamina Patra Niaga readied over 80,000 KL avtur across 14 embarkasi airports for Hajj 2026, per ANTARA/Bisnis.com/BeritaSatu Apr 2026 coverage; Pertamina's Sumbagut regional unit separately confirmed avtur availability at North Sumatra's main embarkasi points, of which Kualanamu is the region's haji embarkasi airport). Into-plane agent not separately named in sources reviewed — likely self-performed via the on-site Pertamina AFT Kualanamu, unconfirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Available
GMF AeroAsia
Named directly in GMF's own 12 Jan 2026 press release as one of its line-maintenance "multibase" stations reinforced during the Dec 2025-Jan 2026 peak season — verified verbatim on gmf-aeroasia.co.id: "several multibase areas experiencing significant increases in flight frequency, including Kualanamu (KNO), Surabaya (SUB), Denpasar (DPS), and Makassar (UPG)" — part of GMF's nationwide line-maintenance network. Note: the phone listed is GMF's corporate communications/media contact (Khairani Windyaningrum, used across GMF's press releases), not a KNO station-specific or AOG line — no station-level contact was independently found.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
Aerofood ACS (PT Aerofood Indonesia)
Operates an inflight catering kitchen at Kualanamu (Pasar Enam Kuala Namu, Beringin, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra 20552) — address independently confirmed via Google Places and Aerofood ACS's own contact page (aerowisatafood.com), which lists this as one of its Indonesian inflight-service facilities (Garuda Indonesia Group/Aerowisata subsidiary).com is the verified official contact.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
PT Gapura Angkasa
Aircraft interior/cabin servicing is typically bundled into Gapura's "Basic Turnaround Handling" scope documented for KNO; no separately contracted cabin-cleaning line item was independently confirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Available
PT Angkasa Pura Aviasi
As airport operator (a joint venture between Angkasa Pura II/InJourney Airports and GMR Airports Netherlands B.V., confirmed on avi.id), invests in and pools KNO's ground support equipment fleet for use by the terminal's ground handlers under a "Pay Per Service" model — confirmed via ANTARA News Sumatera Utara (14 Oct 2021): "Implementasi GSE Pooling di Bandara Kualanamu," reporting an MoU signed with two ground-handling companies (Gapura Angkasa and Jasa Angkasa Semesta) under the Pay Per Service business model. Email and call-center number (172) confirmed directly on avi.id.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling
Available
PT Jasa Angkasa Semesta (JAS)
Operates cargo handling at Kualanamu; JAS's own Jan 2024 station post explicitly credits its team with "cargo handling support" for the Qatar Airways Kualanamu launch. Company documentation describes its 4-stage cargo workflow (acceptance, storage, build-up, loading) applied at its stations including KNO; a separate cold-room transit storage claim was not independently confirmed for this specific station.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Unconfirmed · 2 providers
PT Gapura Angkasa
Operates an AVSEC training facility on-site ("Gapura Learning Center KNO") and its ground-handling staff are AVSEC-certified per Indonesian DJPU rules; whether Gapura performs passenger/baggage screening itself at KNO versus the airport operator is not independently confirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
PT Angkasa Pura Aviasi
As the InJourney/Angkasa Pura group operator of KNO, is responsible under Indonesian aviation-security regulation (PM 127/2015) for terminal AVSEC screening; a dedicated in-house KNO security unit is standard practice for AP-group airports but was not independently verified by name for this station.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
Available
PT Gapura Angkasa
Airside Crew Transport and Crew Meet & Assist are listed among Gapura Angkasa's documented services specifically at Kualanamu (KNO), alongside PAX Meet & Assist.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Available · 2 providers
The Crew Hotel
Transit/crew hotel a few km from KNO (Jl. Bandara Kuala Namu, Tumpatan Nibung, Batang Kuis, Deli Serdang) with a free airport shuttle, confirmed via multiple independent booking-site listings (Agoda, Hotels.com, Trip.com, Expedia) describing airport pick-up/drop-off. Its own branding and guest reviews describe an ongoing contract with several airlines, with flight crew regularly staying there on layover.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Anara Sky Hotel (formerly Horison Sky)
Transit hotel integrated directly into the KNO terminal building, on the mezzanine floor between departures and arrivals (corrected from an earlier "2nd floor" description) — confirmed by the independent Sleeping in Airports KNO guide ("Anara Sky Hotel Kualanamu – Located on the Mezzanine Floor of the terminal between departures and arrivals") and by the hotel's own listed address ("Lt. Mezzanien"). Used by both transiting passengers and airline crew for short layovers. Confirmed formerly operating as "Horison Sky Kualanamu" (per Tiket.com listings referencing the prior name).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source