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Soewondo Air Force Base is the former Polonia International Airport ((インドネシア語:Bandar Udara Internasional Polonia)) which was the principal airport serving Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, about 2 km from the downtown, and used to serve flights to several Indonesian and Malaysian cities, along with a flight to Singapore and Thailand. Previous international flights had been opened to Hong Kong, Taipei, Amsterdam, Phuket, Chennai, Johor Bahru, Malacca and Ipoh. At the end of its service as civil airport, Polonia was the fourth largest airport in Indonesia after Soekarno–Hatta, Juanda, and Ngurah Rai, in terms of passenger numbers.〔Biro Pusat Statistik, "(Perkembangan Pariwisata dan Transportasi Nasional Bulan Juli 2006 )" No. 45/IX/1 September 2006〕 Passenger service charges for each departed through domestic terminal was IDR 35,000 ($4.1) and IDR 75,000 ($8.8) for international terminal.〔http://waspada.co.id/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=196989:polonia-finishes-access-road-improvement&catid=30:english-news&Itemid=101〕 All flights and services from this airport shifted to Kuala Namu International Airport on 25 July 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2013/07/17/056497300/Kuala-Namu-International-Airport-to-Operate-July-25 )〕 Following the airport's opening, Polonia's ICAO code is changed from WIMM to WIMK, since WIMM is assigned for Kuala Namu. Now as Soewondo Air Force Base, the airport belongs to the Indonesian Air Force. It will host the Western Surveillance Wing including eight CN-235 tactical surveillance airplanes.〔(The Jakarta Post, 24 July, 2013 )〕 ==History== The airport's former name is taken from the plantation area owned by a Pole, Baron Michalski in which it is situated. Polonia originates from the Latin name of the country of Poland. In 1872, the Baron obtained a concession from the Dutch east indies administration for a tobacco plantation in Medan. He named the plantation after the country of his birth, which at that time was not an independent state. In 1879 the concession was handed over to ''Deli Maatschappij'' (Deli MIJ) or ''NV Deli Maskapai''. In 1924, Dutch KLM test pilot N. J. Thomassen à Thuessink van der Hoop planned to fly on a Fokker F.VII in a pioneering flight from the Netherlands.〔Paul van Weezepoel, "(Dutch Aviation History )". Retrieved on 2008-07-06〕 Therefore, Deli MIJ who controlled that piece of land handed it over for the land to become the first airstrip in Medan. By the time the news had arrived, it was too late to prepare a proper landing strip at Polonia. As a result, van der Hoop, together with Lieutenant H van Weerden Poelman of the Army Aviation Department and KLM flight engineer P. A. van den Broeke landed on a horse-racing track called Deli Renvereeniging and were greeted by the Sultan of Deli, Sulaiman Syaiful Alamsyah. After this first landing, the Assistant Resident of Eastern Sumatra C.S. Van Kempen urged the Netherlands East Indies administration in Batavia to allocate the necessary funding to finish the airport at Polonia. In 1928 the airport was officially opened which was marked with the landing of six aircraft owned by KNILM, a subsidiary of KLM on a temporary hardened dirt runway. From 1930, KLM and KNILM started expanding its network to Medan. It was only in 1936 that the airport's 600-metre permanent runway was finished. In 1975, according to a joint decree issued by the Department of Defence and Security, Department of Transportation, and Department of Finance, the airport was jointly managed between the Indonesian Air Force and the Civil Aviation. From 1985, according to the Government Regulation No. 30-year 1975, the management became the responsibility of Perum Angkasa Pura which subsequently became PT Angkasa Pura II (Persero) after 1 January 1994. Polonia Airport is now closed to commercial aviation and replaced by Kuala Namu International Airport. The airport's last arrival on 24 July 2013 was AirAsia from Bandung at 23:50 WIB. The airport was closed right after the last landing. The last activities in the airport were the ferry flights after official closing ceremony at 00:00 WIB and the cease of transportation at 00:30 WIB. The first ferry flight, a Garuda Indonesia aircraft, received a water salute before taking off from Polonia Airport and after landing at Kuala Namu Airport. It carried the Minister of State-owned Enterprise Dahlan Iskan along with the Deputy Minister of Transportation and other officials. After the ferry flights were completed, all of the Polonia Airport's activity officially shifted to Kuala Namu Airport. Polonia Airport is now used as an air force base. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Soewondo Air Force Base」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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