Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin III Airport
Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin III Airport Bandar Udara Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin III | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | West Nusa Tenggara provincial government | ||||||||||
| Operator | UPT Director General of Transportation | ||||||||||
| Serves | Sumbawa Besar | ||||||||||
| Location | Sumbawa Besar, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | WITA (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 19 ft / 5.79 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 08°29′19″S 117°24′51.01″E / 8.48861°S 117.4141694°E | ||||||||||
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SWQ Location of the airport in Indonesia | |||||||||||
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Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin III Airport (IATA: SWQ, ICAO: WADS), formerly Brang Bidji Airport, is located in Sumbawa Besar, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It is one of the only two airports in the island of Sumbawa, the other being Sultan Muhammad Salahudin Airport in Bima. The airport is named after Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin III (1992-1975), the last sultan of the Sultanate of Sumbawa.
Currently, the airport have daily flights to Lombok and Denpasar. With two daily flights each operated by Wings Air and both flights are operated by the ATR-72 aircraft.
In 2015, 77,365 passengers used the airport, and in 2017 this increased to 112,096. In 2024, following the COVID-19 pandemic, 61,986 passengers used the airport.