Kuala Namu International Airport

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Kualanamu International Airport Bandar Udara Internasional Kualanamu
IATA: KNO – ICAO: WIMM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Government of Indonesia
Operator		PT Angkasa Pura II
Serves		Medan
Location		Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Opened		July 25, 2013
Hub for		Garuda Indonesia Indonesia AirAsia Lion Air Susi Air Wings Air
Elevation AMSL		23 ft / 7,01 m
Coordinates		3°38′16.2″N 98°52′13.8″ECoordinates: 3°38′16.2″N 98°52′13.8″E
Website		http://www.kualanamu-airport.co.id
Map
Sumatra region in Indonesia KNO Location of airport in Sumatra
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
05/23	12,303	3,750	Asphalt

Kualanamu International Airport (KNIA) (IATA: KNO, ICAO: WIMM) is a newly constructed international airport located in Kualanamu, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 39 kilometers from Medan, replacing Polonia International Airport. The airport is located on the site of what was previously an oil palm plantation of PT. Perkebunan Nusantara II Tanjung Morawa. The airport is expected to become the new international transit center in Sumatra and the western part of Indonesia, which it is the second largest airport after Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, but the first airport which has a direct rail link to Medan city, the capital of North Sumatra. It is part of Indonesia's central government's program under "Masterplan to Accelerate and Expand Economic Development in Indonesia"^[1] (MP3EI) and one of the strategies for the ASEAN Single Aviation Market (ASEAN-SAM), an open skies policy among member-countries in the Southeast Asia region starting 2015.
The airport opened on July 25, 2013, handling all flights and services shifted from Polonia International Airport.^[2]

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