Minangkabau International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Padang (Katapiang), Sumatera Barat (West Sumatra) (Indonesia)

IATA: PDG ICAO: WIEE

Longest Active Runway

9,843 ft

3,000 meters

Field Elevation

18 ft

5 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

-0.7860°, 100.2804°

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

#1,194 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, BTJ · #12 of 192 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

-1.6%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 PDG in numbers: 9,843 ft longest runway · tied #603 of 650 published · #1,194 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)

PDG lies at 5 m (18 ft), #596 of 650 published airports by elevation and 8.7 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 29 ft below the Indonesia median (47 ft, 9 airports); LOP is highest at 319 ft, 301 ft higher than PDG.

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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 PDG. Nearest published airport: Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL), 229 NM, 13,530 ft (3,687 ft longer than PDG); 2 within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

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

PDG runway: 15/33 9,843 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: tied #7 of 9 in Indonesia with HLP/BTJ 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
15/33	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 →