Iswahyudi Air Force Base

Coordinates: 07°36′56.76″S 111°26′02.82″E / 7.6157667°S 111.4341167°E / -7.6157667; 111.4341167

Iswahyudi Airfield
Lapangan Udara Iswahyudi
IATA: MDNICAO: WARI
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator Indonesian Air Force
Location Madiun, East Java, Indonesia
Elevation AMSL 361 ft / 110 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17R/35L 3,050 10,030 Asphalt[1]
17L/35R 2,575 8,448 Asphalt[2]

Iswahyudi Air Force Base, Iswahyudi Airport or Iswahyudi Airfield is an airfield operated by the Indonesian Air Force. It is the main base of several squadrons of Indonesian jet fighters, including:

The airfield is located at Maospati, Magetan, near the city of Madiun on the west side of East Javan capital Surabaya. It is named after Iswahyudi, an Indonesian air force officer who, together with Halim Perdanakusuma, was killed in an air crash while returning to Indonesia from Thailand in 1947.[3]

Currently, the airport is not used for civilian flights.

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