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The airport's passenger handling capacity (for domestic flights) is 1.4 million passengers per year, and cargo capacity is 50,000 tons per year. At the end of 2003, focusing on the development of ports and the protection of international flights, the government decided to conduct a comprehensive renovation and expansion.
Weh Island (Indonesian: Pulau Weh, Acehnese: Pulo Wèh) is a small active volcanic island to the northwest of Sumatra in Indonesia, also known as Sabang after the city situated on the northeast end of the island, whose area of 122.13 square kilometres (47.15 sq mi) includes the whole island as well as several offshore islets.
A hot spot is a location on an airport movement area with a history or potential risk of collision or runway incursion, and where heightened attention by pilots and drivers is necessary. It is believed that this extra awareness can improve planning and navigation. Hot spots are shown on both airport diagrams and chart supplements. [6]
Sabang is served by Maimun Saleh Airport. The airport is located southeast of the central city on Weh Island and is capable of handling ATR 72 aircraft. [18] The airport is a military base for the Indonesian Air Force with no scheduled commercial flights. [19] [20] Sabang has a deep sea port which is important to the trade in the region.
Coral reef areas around the island are known for their large variety of fish species. Weh Island is located in the Andaman Sea, where two groups of islands, the Nicobar Islands and Andaman Islands, are scattered in one line from Sumatra to the north up to the Burma Plate. The island is small at only 15,630 hectares, but mountainous.
The company was founded in 1946 with three cars at Willow Run Airport, [10] Ypsilanti, Michigan, by Warren Avis (August 4, 1915 – April 24, 2007). [8] It established branch operations across the United States over the next few years, becoming the second largest car rental company in the country by 1953.
Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (IATA: ROR, ICAO: PTRO, FAA LID: ROR [1]), also known as Palau International Airport is the main airport of Palau. It is located near the former capital Koror, just north of Ngetkib, Airai on Babeldaob island. The airport is 4 miles (6 km) from Koror and 15 miles (25 km) from Ngerulmud.
This is a list of airports in American Samoa (a U.S. territory), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.