Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Banda Aceh, Aceh (Indonesia)

IATA: BTJ ICAO: WITT

Longest Active Runway

9,843 ft

3,000 meters

Field Elevation

65 ft

20 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

5.5251°, 95.4200°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #603 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#1,181 of 7558

Top 15.9% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Indonesia)

tied #7 of 9 in ID

same length as HLP, PDG · #11 of 192 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

-1.6%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 BTJ in numbers: 9,843 ft longest runway · tied #603 of 650 published · #1,181 of 7,558 worldwide (top 15.9%) · tied #7 in Indonesia.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway 8,000–10,499 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

BTJ lies at 20 m (65 ft), #488 of 650 published airports by elevation and 22.3 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 18 ft above the Indonesia median (47 ft, 9 airports); LOP is highest at 319 ft, 254 ft higher than BTJ.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

0 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

No published neighbour with a paved runway of 5,000 ft or more within 100 NM of BTJ. Nearest published airport: Phuket International Airport (HKT), 232 NM, 10,171 ft (328 ft longer than BTJ); 2 within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 9,843 ft (3,000 m)

BTJ runway: 17/35 9,843 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: tied #7 of 9 in Indonesia with HLP/PDG at 9,843 ft; BTH leads by 3,375 ft (13,218 ft). −1.6% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
17/35	9,843 ft (3000 m / 3.000 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →