Halim Perdanakusuma Airport

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Halim Perdanakusuma Airport Bandara Udara Halim Perdanakusuma
IATA: HLP – ICAO: WIHH HLP Location of airport in Jakarta
Summary
Airport type		Public Executive Private Military Air Force
Operator		PT Angkasa Pura II
Location		East Jakarta, Jakarta
Hub for		Pelita Air Service Susi Air Trigana Air Service
Elevation AMSL		82 ft / 25 m
Coordinates		06°15′59″S 106°53′28″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
06/24	9,843	3,000	Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers			201,348
Sources: List of the busiest airports in Indonesia

The arrival hall of the old Tjililitan airfield in 1915-1925

The old Tjililitan airfield in 1925-1935

A Fokker F.VII plane at Tjililitan in 1929

Halim Perdanakusuma Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Halim Perdanakusuma) (IATA: HLP, ICAO: WIHH) is located in East Jakarta in the Indonesian capital Jakarta,^[1]
This airport is also used for military, private and presidential purposes. Government officials are also allowed to use it. In 2007, President of the United States George W. Bush landed at this airport on his visit to Indonesia. Former Indonesian President Suharto's hearse was airlifted to Solo in Central Java on 28 January 2008.
On January 10, 2014, Halim Perdanakusuma began to serve domestic scheduled commercial flights to ease the overloaded Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.^[2]

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