Depati Amir Airport

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Depati Amir Airport Bandar Udara Depati Amir
IATA: PGK ICAO: WIPK WMO: 96237
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Indonesia
Operator	PT Angkasa Pura II
Serves	Pangkalpinang
Location	Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia
Opened	1942; 82 years ago (1942)
Focus city for	NAM Air Sriwijaya Air
Time zone	WIB (UTC+07:00)
Elevation AMSL	108 ft / 33 m
Coordinates	02°09′43″S 106°08′20″E / 2.16194°S 106.13889°E / -2.16194; 106.13889
Website	www.depatiamir-airport.co.id
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 2,600 8,530 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers 2,987,877
Sources: List of the busiest airports in Indonesia

Depati Amir Airport (IATA: PGK, ICAO: WIPK) also known as Pangkal Pinang Airport, is an airport located in Pangkal Pinang on Bangka Island, part of Bangka Belitung Islands province, Indonesia. The airport has been managed by PT. Angkasa Pura II since January 2007. It was originally named Pangkalpinang Airport built since the Japanese occupation of 1942 as a defense against Allied soldiers.

Since January 1, 2007, the airport was handed over to a state-owned company in charge of the management of several airports in western Indonesia, namely PT. Angkasa Pura II (Persero). For air space controlled by the Air Traffic Service Unit of Depati Amir Airport initially only serves the area around the airport up to 2,500 feet altitude. In 1992, the border area expanded, with a horizontal limit of up to 30 Nm, and a vertical limit of 15,000 feet. In 2008, after being managed by PT. Angkasa Pura II, horizontal boundaries widened to a distance of varied 80 Nm, while the vertical limit to 24,500 feet. Since January 1, 2013, airspace management at Depati Amir Airport has been transferred to the Indonesian Air Navigation Service Provider or AirAsia Operator. It is one of the two main airports in Bangka Belitung province, the other being H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin International Airport in Belitung.