Indonesian Airports

Recorder System in Airport

One of electronics equipment at the airports to support the safety of the flight is Recorder System.  Recorder System electronics equipment that is working to record all the talk Air Traffic Service (ATC) with the Pilot in aircraft.
With Recorder System at the airport when there is an accident occurs or an error occurred in the [...]

Wheel Wings Air dislodged in the Juanda Airport

Wings Air aircraft with flight number IW 8978 Jakarta-Surabaya route to the accident at the Juanda Airport landed in, Surabaya. When touching the runway after a flight from Soekarno-Hatta Jakarta, the main wheel dislodged in the aircraft. Wheel is fast to accelerate several hundred meters at the runway.
Because in the platforms, aircraft relatively more easily [...]

Baggage Basics for Checked and Carry-on Items

Only the rare passenger flies without carrying at least one piece of carry-on baggage, and many have to check one or more pieces of luggage as well. While there is always the risk of having items lost, misplaced, stolen, or damaged, many of the common risks can be reduced, avoided, or eliminated with a little [...]

Airport In Indonesia

Management of Airport in Indonesia executed by Communication Department, PT ( Persero) Angkasa Pura I and PT ( Persero) Angkasa Pura II. In the following is list of airport in Indonesia therewith its organizer.

City
Airport Name
ICAO Code

IATA Code
Runway
(Meters)
Management of Airport

Ambon
Pattimura
WAPP
AMQ
2500
PT. Angkasa Pura I

Balikpapan
Sepinggan
WALL
BPN
2495
PT. Angkasa Pura I

Banda Aceh
Sultan Iskandar Muda
WITT
BTJ
2494
PT. Angkasa Pura II

Bandar [...]

Hangars

A hangar is an enclosed structure designed to hold aircraft in protective storage. Most modern hangars are built of metal, but wood and concrete are other materials commonly used. The word hangar comes from a northern French dialect, and means “cattle pen.”
Hangars protect aircraft from weather and ultraviolet light. Hangars may be used as an [...]

Helicopter

A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors consisting of two or more rotor blades. Helicopters are classified as rotorcraft to distinguish them from fixed-wing aircraft because the helicopter derives its source of lift from the rotor blades rotating around a mast. In fact, the word ‘helicopter’ [...]

Air Traffic Control

Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. A controller’s primary task is to separate certain aircraft — to prevent them from coming too close to each other horizontally or vertically. Secondary tasks include ensuring orderly and expeditious flow of traffic and [...]

Runway

A runway is a strip of land on an airport, on which aircraft can take off and landing. Runways may be a prepared surface (often asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or an unprepared surface (grass, dirt, or gravel).
Orientation and dimensions
Runways are generally numbered according to the magnetic direction in which they point (referred [...]

Landing

Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal or aircraft returns to the ground. When the flying object returns to water, the process is called alighting, although it is commonly called “landing” as well. Hitting the ground too hard is prevented by wings (including rotor wings), a parachute or rockets or [...]

Take Off

Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aircraft goes through a transition from moving along the ground (taxiing) to flying in the air, usually on a runway. For balloons, helicopters and some specialized fixed-wing aircraft (VTOL aircraft such as the Harrier), no runway is needed. Takeoff is the opposite of landing.
Power settings
For light [...]