KNO - The new Medan's KUALANAMU International Airport

[UMD]

Opening 25th of July 2013 to replace the old 85 years old Polonia International Airport (MES). The new airport will carry a new IATA code of KNO and is located in the town of Kuala Namu 42 km east from downtown Medan.

The new Kualanamu airport occupies the land area at least 10 times the size of the old Polonia airport and is designed to handle 8 - 10 million passengers per year in its 1st phase. Upon the completion of all 3 phases, the airport will be able to handle at least 25 million passengers per year.

Polonia will cease operation past midnight on July 24th (early morning of July 25th). All flight services to and from Medan will commence from Kualanamu on July 25th.

While the new airport is reportedly completed and ready to operate, the non toll road access to the new airport is still having issues due to land clearing and resistance from the local community to move away. The construction of a toll road to this new airport from Medan has just begun and is not expected to complete before the end of 2015 or early 2016.

This new airport, however, will be the 1st airport in Indonesia that has direct train service with a train station connected to the airport.

Photos will be posted soon. All photos are credited to respective contributors and owners at skyscrapercity.com

[B727]

How exciting!

I remember the morning flights to MES from JKT (yes, the actual airport that bore that designation ) in the early 80s. A GA AB4 and an MZ VGP (the latter which took twice as long, but I really wanted to be on that one!!)

Oh well, KNO airport it will be from now then

[UMD]

How exciting!

I remember the morning flights to MES from JKT (yes, the actual airport that bore that designation ) in the early 80s. A GA AB4 and an MZ VGP (the latter which took twice as long, but I really wanted to be on that one!!)

Oh well, KNO airport it will be from now then

I did those flights before too quite a number of times before the move to CGK. The old JKT was indeed quite unique. Now, it is time for us to say goodbye to MES and to welcome KNO.

[B727]

The pics look great! Kinda reminds me of KUL

It says on Wikipedia that the airport will be connected by train to a city air terminal next month? Impressive

I foresee a trip to KNO this autumn

[UMD]

The new Kualanamu International Airport, Medan

Phase 1:

Check-in Counters: 88 on 4 islands









Terminal: Both International & Domestic Departures and Arrivals are in the same terminal for easy transfer between flights.







A view of arrival hall from departure hall:





Number of Gates: 8 connected to aerobridge and 4 bus gates (total of 12 gates)


Auto-gates for passenger to enter to the restricted Departure Concourse:



International Gates are from 1 - 4



Domestic Gates are from 5 - 12



WiFi: Available in all areas in the terminal

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The New Kualanamu International Airport, Medan

Shops are located on all levels:



















And also a gadget accesories shop:

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Restaurants and Convenience Shops are available as well:













These outlets are on the arrival area:



Lounges: Located in the airside Departure Concourse

1. International Departure Concourse:
- Saphire Lounge which accepts:
a. Malaysia Airlines & OneWorld
b. Silk Air & SQ's PPS (No luck to Star Alliance)
c. Telkomsel Premium Customers
d. Other Banks Premium Customers (in negotiation)
e. No luck to SkyTeam members either (at least for now)







Toilets are available inside this lounge. There is also a special smoking room inside the lounge:



2. Domestic Departure Concourse:
- Garuda Indonesia Lounge which accepts:
a. Garuda GFF Platinum members
b. Garuda J class passengers

- Saphire Blue Sky Lounge which accepts:
a. Several Banks Premium Customers: Mandiri, BRI, BNI

[SQflyergirl]

Ahhh. Ada tersedia kamar rokok. Keren!

[UMD]

The New Kualanamu International Airport, Medan

Shops in the Departure Concourse area (restricted):





Other shops in the Domestic Departure Concourse:



There is also a beauty shop in the domestic departure concourse.

Immigration area to enter to the International Departure Concourse





Other shops in the International Departure Concouse:

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The New Kualanamu International Airport, Medan

Shops in the Departure Concourse area (restricted):





Other shops in the Domestic Departure Concourse:



There is also a beauty shop in the domestic departure concourse.

Immigration area to enter to the International Departure Concourse



Transfer Counters:



Works in progress for the installation of 2 sets of escalators to the Mezanine level which will be used for lounges:



Other shops in the International Departure Concouse:









Security Check



[B]Waiting Lounge:

International

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The New Kualanamu International Airport, Medan

Train to / from the city of Medan

The airport terminal is connected to the airport railway station for easy access to and from the city Medan:

[CarbonMan]

Wow, I suitably impressed that a city of that size can come up with such a facility.

[milehighj]

Must visit in 2014

[SilverChris]

Reminds me of PEN post-refurb

[726]

wow, even better than CGK. This is kind of embarrasing, but I never actually set foot outside Java and Bali - and even that, I've been to Bandung only once. Medan is on my wishlist, but somewhat always superseded by the likes of SIN, LHR (where I spend half of my life so far), NRT/HND/ICN (practically live in there - though still in hotels. A visit can last more than 1 month - that includes going back to CGK for several days)

IMO, Jakarta needs a new airport, and close CGK and Halim. I love the idea of Boris (Johnson)'s Island. Why not use one of the thousand islands for the airport?