KEMAYORAN AIRPORT

        Flashback The history of the former Jakarta Kemayoran Airport,is one of the relics of the
colonial era. We can see from a historical perspective the
establishment of Kemayoran Airport in Jakarta from several bibliographical sources
that have been recorded. That KemayoranAirport was once one of the First
International Aviation Airports in Indonesia. 

Historical evidence of Kemayoran Airport, which was built in 1934, was officially opened on July 8, 1940, although it was recorded that on July 6, 1940, Kemayoran airport had started operating with the first aircraft to land the DC-3 Dakota type belonging to the Dutch East Indies airline company, KNILM. ( Koningkelije Nederlends Indische Luchvaart  Maatschapii) which was flown from Tjililitan airfield (now Halim Perdanakusuma).

            This aircraft was recorded operating in Kemayoran until the end of the operation period. The airport with the code JKT stopped operating on January 1, 1983, and officially stopped operating on June 1, 1984. Meanwhile, since 1975 international flights have been temporarily diverted at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport.The entry of the Japanese colonial period in 1942-1945 which continued with the reign of the Dutch NICA until it was finally managed by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia in 1950. And in the end in 1958 (Djawatan Civil Aviation) Kemayoran Airport was handed over to be managed by a state company "Angkasa". Pura"

 Kemayoran in 1960. And the management of Kemayoran Airport carried out

 by BMUN changed its name to "Perum Angkasa Pura I" until the end of operation 

of Kemayoran Airport in 1984.

During the Dutch Government 1940-1942 Kemayoran Airport was managed as an International Airport. And its management was trusted by KNILM by the Dutch 

government until the Japanese colonial period. Two days before the inauguration 

on July 6, 1940, the first aircraft to land was a DC-3 belonging to KNILM which 

was flown from Tjililitan airfield (now Halim Perdanakusuma). The DC-3 aircraft with PK-AJW registration was also the first to depart from 

Kemayoran Airport for Australia a day later. On the day of its inauguration, 

KNILM held several of its aircraft. On the Apron there are DC-2 Univer, DC-3 Dakota, Foker F-VIIb 3m, Grumman G-21 Goose, de Havilland, DH-89 Dragon Rapid, and Lockheed L-14 Super Electra aircraft. And about two months later KNILM brought in new aircraft such as the Douglas DC-5 and the Sikorsky S-43 Babby Clipper. The journey and development of Kemayoran Airport entered Indonesia's historic 

phases from the reign of the Dutch East Indies, the occupation of Japan to 

the period of Indonesian independence, especially in the aviation world, from civilian aircraft to military aircraft with piston engines, propellers, and turbojets that have landed at Kemayoran Airport. The planes that have landed at the airport at Kemayoran Airport from Fokker F-VIIb-3 aircraft with a piston engine, Fokker Freindship with turbo engine to Fokker F-28 with jet engine, Aircraft type DC-3 Dakota, Early generation wide body aircraft such as the Boeing 747 200 series, Aircraft type DC-10, and Airbus A-300. And military planes that have landed at the Kemayoran Airport airfield include: Aircraft Type Glenn Martin B-10 and B-12, Koolhoven FK51 aircraft type, Brewster F-2 Buffalo aircraft type, Lochkeed L-18 Lodestar aircraft type, Type of aircraft Curtless F-36 Hawk, Type of aircraft Fakker CX, and Type of aircraft Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. We do not escape the historical record of coverage of dark events that we got from several media news sources that in the world of aviation at Kemayoran Airport. Among other things, the Beechcraft type aircraft had an accident when landing at Kemayoran Airport, then the Convair340 type aircraft that landed without wheels, the DC-3 type aircraft that caught fire, and the DC-9 type aircraft which suffered a broken body when landing on the runway. 

The Fokker F-27 during take-off dived and swerved downwards until it burst into

 flames during a practice flight. And it was also recorded in the world of flights from Kemayoran Airport that an airplane that once took off from this airport but never returned home.

Some historical records that we have collected from several sources, 

bibliography and media by several drafting teams who initiated the establishment 

of the National Museum of Kemayoran Airport Jakarta to share information and

knowledge. Hopefully all the stories and information recorded in this history can be

 immortalized in an ornament and diorama in a museum to be known by the general

 public and as a tourist attraction that provides learning that contains the

 historical value of the journey of the Indonesian nation. The birth of an idea that developed on the noble ideals of several Indonesian

 children who are members of the Formulating Team to take part in realizing 

the Ind8onesian government's program in preserving an asset of the historical 

value of the Indonesian nation, so through this social media blog website, 

every step and effort us to be known by the generations of Indonesian children.