Lt.Col. Wisnu Airfield
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Lieutenant Colonel
Wisnu Airfield, ( Wisnu Airfield, also referred to as Buleleng Airport) is located in Sumberkima
Village, Buleleng
province in the north-west corner of Bali
, Indonesia
. Construction was funded by the local government and completed in 2007. Airfield runway are planned to be extended from 600 to 1200 meters by 2010.
recommended for RWY 14. Obstacles (trees, houses, mosque
) surrounding airfield from the north and high terrain elevation from the south. Airfield is used by a local flight academy, causing constant departures and arrivals of Cessna 172
s, some are piloted by solo students. Information service is attended erratically.
Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
Wisnu Airfield, ( Wisnu Airfield, also referred to as Buleleng Airport) is located in Sumberkima
Sumberkima
Sumberkima Village is a small settlement, located in Buleleng province, in the north-west corner of Bali island, part of the Indonesian archipelago.- Economy :...
Village, Buleleng
Buleleng
Buleleng is a regency of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 1,365.88 km2 and population of 577,644 . Its regency seat is Singaraja....
province in the north-west corner of Bali
Bali
Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. Construction was funded by the local government and completed in 2007. Airfield runway are planned to be extended from 600 to 1200 meters by 2010.
Airfield Information
Runway 14/32 is only 600 meters long. Short-field landingShort-field landing
Short-field landing is a high-performance landing for aircraft, utilizing minimum length of the runway or landing ground, while still allowing clearance of obstacles in close vicinity to the landing approach....
recommended for RWY 14. Obstacles (trees, houses, mosque
Mosque
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...
) surrounding airfield from the north and high terrain elevation from the south. Airfield is used by a local flight academy, causing constant departures and arrivals of Cessna 172
Cessna 172
The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing fixed-wing aircraft. First flown in 1955 and still in production, more Cessna 172s have been built than any other aircraft.-Design and development:...
s, some are piloted by solo students. Information service is attended erratically.
| Runway Runway According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth... Length |
600 metres | planned be extended to 1200 meters by the year 2010 |
| Runway width | 18 metres | - |
| Runways in use | 14 / 32 | RWY 14 arrival, RWY 32 departure |
| RWY elevation | 40 feet | Approximate |
| Advisory frequency | 122.50 | VHF. Available from 06:00 till 15:00 local time. Service is erratic. |
| Runway surface | Tarmac Tarmac Tarmac is a type of road surface. Tarmac refers to a material patented by Edgar Purnell Hooley in 1901... |
Uneven surface, variable slope and elevation |
| Runway longitude slope | 0.5% | - |
| Runway transverse slope | 1% | - |
| Runway strength | 4000 kg | MTOW |
| Clear area | 750 meters X 60 meters | variable |
| Operation | Day VFR Visual flight rules Visual flight rules are a set of regulations which allow a pilot to operate an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see where the aircraft is going. Specifically, the weather must be better than basic VFR weather minimums, as specified in the rules of the... only |
No lighting is installed |