Dr. Ferdinand Lumban Tobing Airport guide

Dr. Ferdinand Lumban Tobing Airport (ICAO WIMS) is a small domestic airport in Pinangsori district, Central Tapanuli Regency, on the west coast of North Sumatra. It is also known as Pinangsori Airport and serves Sibolga and the surrounding regencies of the province.

The airport began as a Japanese defence base and was run as a pioneer airfield by the Department of Civil Aviation in 1976. It was later renamed after Dr. Ferdinand Lumban Tobing, a national hero from the region. A new passenger terminal of 733 square metres, up from 300 square metres, was inaugurated on 22 February 2013.

The single asphalt runway, 12/30, measures 2,260 by 30 metres. It can take aircraft up to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 class. A 150 by 23 metre taxiway links it to a 120 by 80 metre apron. The Ministry of Transportation runs the airport through a technical operating unit. Wings Air flies to Medan, and Susi Air links the airport with Gunung Sitoli and the Batu Islands.