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Airport information for Sepingan Airport Country: Indonesia Location: Balikpapan Coordinates: 01.16.00S / 116.54.00E IATA Code: BPN Timezone: GMT +8 Direct flights form Sepingan Airport Direct flights to Sepingan Airport Find connecting flights to Sepingan Airport Find connecting flights from Sepingan Airport

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Sepinggan International Airport (IATA: BPN, ICAO: WALL) is the principal airport assisting East Kalimantan area  on the island of Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is turn up approximately 4.5 kilometre east of Balikpapan. The airport set about its new operational phase in 1997, with new construction and landing track building, replacing old building on the same location.

It should be mentioned that some beginning such as Aviation Indonesia and A-Z World Airports Online present the ICAO codification as WRLL. However, other beginning such as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and PT Angkasa Pura I present the codification as WALL.

History

The building of Sepinggan had been start out since the Dutch colonial epoch prior to Indonesian independency clip. It was used principally for the Dutch Oil Company's actions in Balikpapan area . The airport before long would get public and commercial airport after its direction was handed over to Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara of Republic Indonesia in 1960. Sepinggan was eventually pull off by Perum Angkasa Pura I (PT Angkasa Pura I on present solar day) due to Government Regulation (PP) No.one on January 9th 1987.

Sepinggan Airport had been restituted twice during 1991 until 1997. The 1st stage was set about in 1991 and finished in 1994, in say to restitute the taxy fashion, rider and freight depots and also continued the landing track. In 1995, the Indonesian authority denoted Sepinggan as the 5th Indonesian haj embarkment airport for kalimantan (borneo) district which also lies West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan and South Kalimantan district.

The 2nd stage redevelopment took location in 1996 to restitute the depots, fuel hangars and the disposal constructions. The 2nd stage was complete and the airport eventually set about its new operational epoch with the new constructions and installations in 1997.

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