WARA
Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport
IFR
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Name
Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
WARA / MLG / WARA
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
2:17 pm (WIB)
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Municipality
Malang
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Coordinates
7° 55′ 44″ S 112° 42′ 51″ E
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Elevation
1’729 ft (527 m MSL)
About Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport
Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (IATA: MLG, ICAO: WARA; formerly WIAS) is an airport serving Malang, the second-largest city in East Java province of Indonesia. This airport is named after Abdul Rachman Saleh, an Indonesian aviator and physiologist whose aircraft was shot down by the Dutch while landing in Maguwo Airfield (now Adisucipto Airport), Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, during the Indonesian National Revolution. The airport currently operates a single route to Jakarta, serving flights from both Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and Halim Perdanakusuma Airport. In addition to functioning as a commercial airport, the facility is also a Type A airbase of the Indonesian Air Force. It serves as the primary base for the 4th, 21st, and 32nd Air Squadrons.