BPN

Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan International Airport

ICAO WALL1.2683°S 116.8945°E4 m / 12 ftLarge airport
On the map
2017-10-23 Sepinggan Aerial
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Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan International Airport (IATA: BPN, ICAO: WALL) is a large airport in Balikpapan, Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan), Indonesia. It opened in 1940. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by InJourney Airports. In 2018 it handled 7.6 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1940–1940
1940
OpenedSultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Old TerminalTerminal Bandar Udara Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman
07/25067° / 247° · LIT
LENGTH2,500 m8,202 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2008–2018
3.6M
4.3M
5.1M
5.7M
6.6M
6.6M
7.7M
7.4M
7.5M
7.4M
7.6M
0809101112131415161718

Routes

24 destinations · 3 countries
500 km1,000 km1,500 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 miGHS · Melalan Airport · 173 km / 107 miMJU · Tampa Padang Airport · 279 km / 173 miPLW · Mutiara - SIS Al-Jufrie Airport · 337 km / 209 miBDJ · Syamsudin Noor International Airport · 338 km / 210 miPKY · Tjilik Riwut Airport · 345 km / 214 miBEJ · Kalimarau Airport · 385 km / 239 miTJS · Tanjung Harapan Airport · 460 km / 286 miUPG · Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport · 516 km / 321 miTRK · Juwata International Airport / Suharnoko Harbani AFB · 516 km / 321 miAPD · Arung Palakka Airport · 519 km / 322 miLNU · Robert Atty Bessing · 539 km / 335 miSUB · Juanda International Airport · 818 km / 508 miLOP · Lombok International Airport · 836 km / 519 miPNK · Supadio International Airport · 842 km / 523 miDPS · Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport · 853 km / 530 miMDC · Sam Ratulangi International Airport · 946 km / 588 miSRG · Jenderal Ahmad Yani Airport · 962 km / 598 miYIA · Yogyakarta International Airport · 1,057 km / 657 miBDO · Husein Sastranegara International Airport · 1,208 km / 751 miCGK · Soekarno-Hatta International Airport · 1,258 km / 782 miBTH · Hang Nadim International Airport · 1,445 km / 898 miSIN · Singapore Changi Airport · 1,464 km / 910 miKUL · Kuala Lumpur International Airport · 1,746 km / 1,085 miKNO · Kualanamu International Airport · 2,076 km / 1,290 miKNOKULSINCGKYIASRGMDCDPSPNKSUBLNUAPDTRKBEJPKYBDJPLWMJUGHSBDOLOPUPGTJSBTHBPN
Year-round24
GHSMelalan AirportIndonesia · Wings Air173 km107 miMJUTampa Padang AirportIndonesia · Wings Air279 km173 miPLWMutiara - SIS Al-Jufrie AirportIndonesia · Wings Air337 km209 miBDJSyamsudin Noor International AirportIndonesia · Citilink, Wings Air338 km210 miPKYTjilik Riwut AirportIndonesia · Wings Air345 km214 miBEJKalimarau AirportIndonesia · Super Air Jet, Wings Air, Sriwijaya Air385 km239 miTJSTanjung Harapan AirportIndonesia · Wings Air460 km286 miUPGSultan Hasanuddin International AirportIndonesia · Lion Air, Super Air Jet, Citilink +1516 km321 miTRKJuwata International Airport / Suharnoko Harbani AFBIndonesia · Super Air Jet, Citilink516 km321 miAPDArung Palakka AirportIndonesia · FlyJaya519 km322 miLNURobert Atty BessingIndonesia · Wings Air539 km335 miSUBJuanda International AirportIndonesia · Lion Air, Super Air Jet, Citilink +1818 km508 miLOPLombok International AirportIndonesia · Super Air Jet836 km519 miPNKSupadio International AirportIndonesia · Batik Air842 km523 miDPSDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International AirportIndonesia · Lion Air853 km530 miMDCSam Ratulangi International AirportIndonesia · Super Air Jet946 km588 miSRGJenderal Ahmad Yani AirportIndonesia · Lion Air, Super Air Jet962 km598 miYIAYogyakarta International AirportIndonesia · Lion Air, Super Air Jet, Citilink +11,057 km657 miBDOHusein Sastranegara International AirportIndonesia · Super Air Jet, Citilink1,208 km751 miCGKSoekarno-Hatta International AirportIndonesia · Super Air Jet, Citilink, Pelita Air Service +21,258 km782 miBTHHang Nadim International AirportIndonesia · Lion Air1,445 km898 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Scoot1,464 km910 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia1,746 km1,085 miKNOKualanamu International AirportIndonesia · Lion Air2,076 km1,290 mi
Most destinationsSuper Air Jet 10Wings Air 8Citilink 7Lion Air 7Batik Air 3Pelita Air Service 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BPN. From the Wikipedia article “Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan Airport” (revision of 18 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers7.6M (2018)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#262of 3,974 · #83 Asia · #6 IDLongest runway2,500 m8,202 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,332of 29,823 · =737 Asia · =24 IDElevation4 m12 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,167of 43,341 · =3,064 Asia · =564 IDAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =111 Asia · =8 IDRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =9 ID
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPBALIKPAPAN APP120.400
ATISATIS127.600
INFOBALIKPAPAN INFO341.600
TWRTWR118.100