Suryadarma Air Force Base Pangkalan Angkatan Udara Suryadarma | |||||||||||
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 Aerial view of Kalijati Airfield in early 1930s | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Indonesian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Kalijati, Subang Regency, West Java, Indonesia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 361 ft / 110 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 6°31′53″S 107°39′33″E / 6.53139°S 107.65917°E | ||||||||||
| Website | lanud-suryadarma | ||||||||||
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Suryadarma Air Force Base (ICAO: WIIK) is one of the Indonesian Air Force bases on Java. Formerly known as Kalijati Airfield (alternatively spelled as Kalidjati), it is located in the village of Kalijati, in the kabupaten of Subang in West Java.
The base was named after Suryadi Suryadarma, the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indonesian Air Force. The base was the first military airfield to be built in Indonesia, constructed in 1916.[3]