Radin Inten II International Airport
Radin Inten II International Airport
Radin Inten II International Airport (IATA: TKG, ICAO: WILL), formerly known as Branti Airport, is an international airport which serves the city of Bandar Lampung, the capital of Lampung Province, Indonesia. The airport is named after Radin Inten II (1834–1858), a nobleman from Lampung and a National Hero of Indonesia. Although it primarily serves Bandar Lampung, the airport is actually located in Natar, South Lampung Regency, approximately 23 km (14.3 miles) northwest of the city center. It serves as one of the main gateways to Bandar Lampung and the broader Lampung Province, offering domestic flights to Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, and Batam. Due to the absence of sustained international services, the airport's international status was officially revoked in 2024 and reinstated in 2025. Following the reinstation of its international status, the airport began serving flights to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Location
5.247°S, 105.183°E · 86 m s. n. m. (282 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 1
Tower
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
Construction and early history
Between 1942 and 1945, during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies as part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II, the Japanese military constructed and operated several airfields across southern Sumatra, including in Lampung, to support its wartime operations. These airfields served as bases for fighter aircraft and logistical hubs for transporting troops, weapons, supplies, personnel, and natural resources. In Lampung, airfields built using rōmusha included Way Tuba Airfield, located between Kotabumi and Martapura, which is now the Gatot Soebroto Army Airfield in Way Kanan Regency, and Menggala Airfield in Tulang Bawang, which has since become Prince M. Bunyamin Air Force Base. In 1943, the Japanese authorities also constructed an airfield in South Lampung, then known as Branti Airfield, named after the nearby village in which it was located. It served as a base for various Japanese aircraft and warplanes.
Following the Japanese surrender in 1945, the airfield was heavily damaged and briefly fell into disuse before being repaired by the Indonesian Air Force in 1946, during the Indonesian National Revolution. Throughout the war, the Dutch targeted the airfield on several occasions, including a bombing raid in July 1947 during Operation Product. The attack, carried out by B-25 Mitchell bombers, caused minor damage to the airfield, including several buildings. When the Dutch launched Operation Kraai in late 1948, they captured the airfield along with Bandar Lampung. It remained under Dutch control until the cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal of Dutch forces from Indonesia following the transfer of sovereignty in 1949, when the airfield was handed over to the Indonesian Air Force.
In 1955, the airport's management was transferred to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation after the Air Force relocated its base to Astra Ksetra Air Force Base in Menggala, North Lampung Regency. Commercial flights began in 1956 when Garuda Indonesia launched its first route between Jakarta and Bandar Lampung. Due to its short runway, the airport could accommodate only smaller aircraft, such as the Douglas DC-3 Dakota. This prompted the government to upgrade the airport's airside facilities, including the runway and apron. Construction of the new runway and apron was completed in 1976, and the airport was officially inaugurated in June of that year with the arrival of a Fokker F28 aircraft.
Contemporary history
Between 1984 and 1987, the runway was extended by 330 meters, increasing its total length to 1,850 meters. On May 22, 1995, a new terminal was completed and inaugurated by the then Minister of Transportation, Haryanto Dhanutirto. In 1997, the name Branti Airport was officially changed to Radin Inten II Airport, in honor of Radin Inten II—a Lampungese nobleman who led resistance against Dutch colonization in the 19th century and was later recognized as a National Hero of Indonesia.
In 2016, a major expansion project was undertaken at the airport to accommodate the growing volume of passenger and air traffic. This included the construction of a larger passenger terminal and its relevant infrastructures as well as a new four-story parking building. The expansion was completed in 2019 and was inaugurated by then-President Joko Widodo on February 6, 2019. The total cost of the airport's expansion and development amounted to approximately 467.6 billion rupiah. In the same year, the management of the airport was transferred from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to Angkasa Pura II, which is now known as InJourney Airports. Following the takeover, Angkasa Pura II announced plans to invest up to Rp1.3 trillion in the development of the airport and two other airports, Fatmawati Soekarno Airport in Bengkulu and H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin Airport in Belitung, over the following 30 years.
In 2019, the airport was designated as an international airport, with its first international flight launched on May 4, 2019—a route to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, operated by Citilink. However, the service was discontinued shortly afterward. The airport was originally intended to serve as a Hajj embarkation point, offering seasonal flights to Jeddah for pilgrims traveling to Mecca. Despite this, there have been no regular international flights since 2019, and on April 2, 2024, the Ministry of Transportation officially revoked the airport's international status due to the absence of active international services, although it stated that the airport could still be used for Hajj operations if necessary. The airport regained its international status a year later, in August 2025. Following this, international services to Kuala Lumpur resumed in February 2026, operated by Sriwijaya Air and TransNusa as charter flights. TransNusa subsequently upgraded the route to scheduled services in August 2026.
Airlines operating here · 7
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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BibTeX
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