MES

Soewondo Air Force Base

ICAO WIMK3.5584°N 98.6723°E35 m / 114 ftMedium airport
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Soewondo Air Force Base (IATA: MES, ICAO: WIMK) is a medium airport in Medan, Sumatera Utara (North Sumatra), Indonesia. It opened in 1928. It closed on 25 Jul 2013. It has one runway, 2,900 m (9,514 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by InJourney Airports.

Timeline

4 events · 1928–2013
1928
OpenedSoewondo Air Force Base opens.
26 SEP 1997
DisasterGaruda Indonesia Flight 152.234 killed
05 SEP 2005
DisasterMandala Airlines Flight 091.100 killed
25 JUL 2013
ClosedSoewondo Air Force Base closes.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
05/23047° / 227° · LIT
LENGTH2,900 m9,514 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,900 m9,514 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,500of 29,823 · =432 Asia · #17 IDElevation35 m114 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=36,347of 43,341 · =2,248 Asia · =389 IDAgeOpened 19282026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=323of 15,079 · =25 Asia · #3 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

3 channels
APPMEDAN APP119.700
ATISMEDAN ATIS126.800
TWRTWR118.100