AviatDataSultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport PLM / WIPP
Palembang, South Sumatra · Indonesia · InJourney Airports (PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia) — state-owned, formed 1 July 2024 from the merger of Angkasa Pura I and Angkasa Pura II under the InJourney (PT Aviasi Pariwisata Indonesia) holding group; previously operated by Angkasa Pura II (western Indonesia region); airport infrastructure owned by the Government of Indonesia
2.9Mpax · 2024
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAWIPP / PLM
OperatorInJourney Airports (PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia) — state-owned, formed 1 July 2024 from the merger of Angkasa Pura I and Angkasa Pura II under the InJourney (PT Aviasi Pariwisata Indonesia) holding group; previously operated by Angkasa Pura II (western Indonesia region); airport infrastructure owned by the Government of Indonesia
Coordinates2.9003°S, 104.7000°E
Elevation49 ft · 15 m
Time zoneWIB (UTC+7, no DST)
Passengers / yr2,858,042 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceWIPP — AIP Indonesia (Directorate General of Civil Aviation / AirNav Indonesia AIS Palembang)
Operating hoursNormal operating hours approximately 05:00-24:00 WIB (~19 hours/day, not H24); the operator has extended to full 24-hour landing/takeoff operations on a case-by-case PPR basis during peak holiday periods (Lebaran, year-end Nataru) to absorb surge traffic — confirmed most recently for the Dec 2025-Jan 2026 Nataru period. No fixed nightly curfew reported outside those windows.
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal (~46,000 sqm after expansion), split by floor rather than by building — departures/check-in (43 counters) upstairs, arrivals downstairs — serving combined domestic and international traffic; 8 jet bridges. Apron currently accommodates 13 aircraft stands, with expansion to roughly 19 planned/underway (draft's 'roughly 19' reflected the post-expansion target, not the current count — corrected here). Design capacity is commonly cited around 9 million pax/year post-upgrade (an earlier ~4.6 million pax/year figure from 2018 predates the latest apron/terminal works).
Runways (1)
- 11/29 · 3,000 m / 9,843 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS ILS reported on RWY 29; a real, well-documented Oct 2, 2008 non-precision (VOR/DME) approach incident to RWY 29 is on record (Garuda B734 flight GA-110, landed on the parallel taxiway instead of the runway after confusing old repainted markings — official investigation KNKT.08.10.20.04 / NTSC Indonesia), consistent with the commonly-cited rationale for prioritizing ILS on that end; the specific claim that ILS commissioning was expedited because of this incident is plausible context rather than an independently sourced causal fact. RWY 11 approach reported as VOR/DME non-precision — category not independently re-confirmed against a live AIP/chart source in this pass.
South Sumatra's principal air gateway serving provincial capital Palembang, on a single 11/29 runway (3,000 x 45m, PCN 80/F/C/X/T, rated for aircraft up to Boeing 747-400/A330 class). International status was suspended in April 2024 and formally reinstated by Ministerial Decree KM 26/2025 (25 April 2025); AirAsia relaunched Kuala Lumpur-Palembang on 18 July 2025 — the airport's first scheduled international service in years. Batik Air Malaysia followed on the same Kuala Lumpur route, launching around 12-13 September 2025. Scoot then launched a four-times-weekly Singapore-Palembang route on 15 January 2026, which was still listed as operating as of mid-to-late August 2026 (though published schedules suggest frequency has since eased toward roughly twice weekly). As of (Aug 2026), international service spans two city-pairs (Kuala Lumpur, Singapore) across three carriers — still a narrow international network relative to the airport's domestic traffic, but broader than the single-route/two-carrier snapshot cited in the draft. Lion Air is the dominant domestic carrier by frequency, alongside Citilink, Super Air Jet and Garuda Indonesia on the Jakarta trunk route.
Services
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On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
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PT Gapura Angkasa (Cabang Palembang)
Full passenger, ramp and turnaround handling for scheduled carriers at Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport; branch presence confirmed via Gapura Angkasa's own official network map (gapura.id), which lists "Bandara Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II (Palembang) - PLM" among its 38 active Indonesian station branches, and via branch organisational details (General Manager Edwin Setyo Wibowo, Operations Manager Hengki Sunarta, Administration & Finance Manager Bowo Pamungkas), based at Jl. Letnan Jendral Harun Sohar, Sukarami, Palembang 30152 -- a district location consistent with the airport's own Talang Betutu/Sukarami address. Gapura Angkasa is jointly owned by Garuda Indonesia, Angkasa Pura I and Angkasa Pura II and operates at 25+ Indonesian airports.
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Aircraft fuel
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PT Pertamina Patra Niaga - DPPU Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II
Into-plane Jet A-1 (avtur) supply and refuelling via the DPPU (aircraft-refuelling depot) at Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II; confirmed via multiple Antara News Sumatera Selatan reports on Pertamina Patra Niaga Regional Sumbagsel's avtur supply for Hajj-season flights out of Palembang, including a daily supply commitment of 200 kilolitres during the 2024 Hajj embarkation period and a 2,304 KL total avtur allocation prepared for the 2023 Hajj season, plus a BPH Migas facility inspection of aviation fuel services at the airport. Specific fleet/tank-count figures (6 refuellers, 4 x 200 KL tanks) and award citations (Indonesia Green Awards 2024, ProKlim 2023) could not be and should be treated as secondary detail rather than the core confirmed claim.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
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Part-145 base maintenance
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Component shops & overhaul
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Flight catering
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Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
PT Gapura Angkasa (Cabang Palembang)
Aircraft cabin, lavatory and water servicing is standard turnaround scope for a licensed IATA-standard ground handler; not separately itemised or documented specifically for the Palembang branch, so recorded as unconfirmed rather than assumed.
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Ground support equipment
Unconfirmed
PT Gapura Angkasa (Cabang Palembang)
Ramp/turnaround ground handling implies an in-house GSE fleet (pushback tugs, GPU, belt loaders, air-start units) as standard for the handler's own operations; no Palembang-specific GSE fleet documentation found, so recorded as unconfirmed.
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Cargo handling
Unconfirmed
PT Gapura Angkasa (Cabang Palembang)
Gapura Angkasa's nationwide business lines include a separate "Cargo and Warehousing" service, but no station-specific evidence (address, warehouse, throughput) for a Palembang cargo operation was found beyond a generic business-directory listing whose address ("Cargo Area") reads as a placeholder rather than a verifiable street address. This looks like a group-level capability extrapolated onto this station rather than a confirmed local service, so it is recorded as unconfirmed rather than available.
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Aviation security
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PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia / InJourney Airports (airport operator, self-provided)
Airport operator's Aviation Security (Avsec) unit staffs the Security Check Points (boarding-pass verification, personal and baggage screening) at SMB II. Wikipedia confirms the airport's operator is InJourney Airports (successor to Angkasa Pura II, which managed the field from 1991), consistent with Indonesian practice of the airport operator running Avsec directly rather than outsourcing it. A 2022 Antara News Sumsel report on Lebaran mudik security cites 300 combined personnel (Avsec plus TNI/police) on standby at SMB II; the draft's specific 519-personnel and 117-Avsec-officer figures are from different, unverified reports and are noted as such.
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Passenger & crew transport
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Flight support
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Hotel & travel
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