Sultan Muhammad Salahuddin Airport guide

Sultan Muhammad Salahuddin Airport serves the city of Bima on the eastern side of Sumbawa island in West Nusa Tenggara. It lies about 10 km south of the city and is the largest and busiest airport on Sumbawa. The airport handles domestic flights only, with scheduled links to Denpasar, Lombok and Makassar.

Aircraft first landed at the site in 1919, and by the 1930s KLM operated a small airfield here. After World War II the airport passed to the Indonesian government. A single asphalt runway, 13/31, measures 2,200 m. A proposed extension to 2,500 m has been delayed by land acquisition and clearance issues.

A two-floor passenger terminal of about 5,000 square metres opened in September 2021 and replaced the old building, which was demolished. The old site now holds a cargo terminal and an apron extension. In 2024 the airport handled 123,028 passengers and 2,426 aircraft movements, after a peak of 381,815 passengers in 2018.