About Balikpapan (Wikipedia)

Balikpapan is a seaport city on the eastern coast of the island of Borneo, Indonesia, in the East Kalimantan province, a resource-rich region well known for its timber, mining, and petroleum export products. Two harbors, Semayang and Kariangau (a ferry harbour), and the Sepinggan International Airport are the main transportation ports to the city.
History
Prior to the oil boom of the early 1900s, Balikpapan was an isolated Bugis fishing village. Balikpapan's name (lit. balik is behind and papan is a plank) comes from a folk story where a local king threw his newborn daughter into the sea to protect her from his enemies. The baby was tied beneath some planks, which were discovered by a fisherman.[citation needed]

In 1897, a small refinery company began the first oil drilling.[1] Construction of roads, wharves, warehouses, offices, barracks, and bungalows started when a Dutch oil company arrived in the area. On January 24, 1942, Balikpapan became a war theatre between the Japanese army and the Allied Forces, resulting in heavy damage to the oil refinery and other facilities. Several campaigns followed until the 1945 Battle of Balikpapan, which concluded the Allied Forces' Borneo campaign, after which they took control of the Borneo island.

Extensive wartime damage curtailed almost all oil production in the area until major repairs were performed by the Royal Dutch Shell company. Shell continued operating in the area until Indonesian state-owned Pertamina took it over in 1965.[1] Lacking technology, skilled manpower, and capital to explore the petroleum region, Pertamina sublet petroleum concession contracts to multinational companies in the 1970s.

With the only oil refinery site in the region, Balikpapan emerged as a revitalized center of petroleum production. Pertamina opened its regional headquarters in the city, followed by branch offices established by international oil companies. Hundreds of labourers from other parts of Indonesia, along with skilled expatriates who served as managers and engineers, flocked into the city.


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Sepinggan International Airport


Sepinggan International Airport (IATA: BPN, ICAO: WALL) is the principal airport serving East Kalimantan area on the island of Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is located about 4.5 km east of Balikpapan. The airport began its new operational phase in 1997, with new building and runway structure, replacing old structure on the same site. This airport is named after Sepinggan, a village (kelurahan) in which the airport is located.

History

The construction of Sepinggan had been started since the Dutch colonial era prior to Indonesian independence time. It was used mainly for the Dutch Oil Company's activities in Balikpapan area. The airport soon would become public and commercial airport after its management was handed over to Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara of Republic Indonesia in 1960. Sepinggan was finally managed by Perum Angkasa Pura I (PT Angkasa Pura I on present day) due to Government Regulation (PP) No.1 on January 9th 1987.

Sepinggan Airport had been renovated twice during 1991 until 1997. The first phase was started in 1991 and ended in 1994, in order to renovate the taxy way, passenger and cargo terminals and also lengthened the runway. In 1995, the Indonesian government announced Sepinggan as the fifth Indonesian hajj embarkation airport for kalimantan (borneo) region which also consists West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan and South Kalimantan province.

The second phase renovation took place in 1996 to renovate the hangars, fuel depots and the administration buildings. The second phase was finished and the airport finally started its new operational era with the new buildings and facilities in 1997.

In order to anticipate and accommodate larger aircraft in the future, the government plan to extend the runway into 3100 meters.



Airlines and destinations


The following destinations are served from Balikpapan Sepinggan International Airport:

Airlines Destinations
Batavia Air Jakarta, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Manado, Tarakan, Berau, Makassar, Banjarmasin
Garuda Indonesia Jakarta
Lion Air Jakarta, Surabaya, Tarakan, Makassar
Mandala Airlines Jakarta, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Tarakan, Semarang, Banjarmasin, Singapore
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Makassar
Sriwijaya Air Jakarta, Makassar, Surabaya, Tarakan, Palu, Yogyakarta, Berau
Susi Air Datah Dawai, Melak, Samarinda
Trigana Air Service Berau, Tarakan
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