Erupsi Gunung Marapi Tidak Ganggu Operasi Bandara Minangkabau

Airport illustration (ANTARA)

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) ensured that flight activities at Minangkabau International Airport, West Sumatra were not disrupted after Mount Marapi erupted in Agam Regency and Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, since December 3, 2023.

Director General of Civil Aviation of the Ministry of Transportation M Kristi Endah Murni said, based on information from Ash Notice to Airmen (Ashtam) published by AirNav Indonesia on December 6, 2023 at 7.30 WIB, the distribution of volcanic ash was detected as heading southwest with a flight level 150 height.

Data from the System of Indonesian Aviation Meteorology (SIM) application belonging to the Meteorology, Climatology, Geophysics Agency (BMKG) also shows that the distribution of volcanic ash does not reach the location of Minangkabau Airport.

"The flight operations are running normally, no flights have been affected," said Kristi Endah in her official statement, Wednesday, December 6.

Kristi explained that since the report on the eruption of Mount Marapi was received, the Padang Regional VI Airport authority office has carried out intensive coordination with all aviation stakeholders to mitigate flight traffic services at Minangkabau International Airport.

Coordination between stakeholders can also be done easily through an integrated aeronautics technology system, namely I-WISH (Integrated Web-based Aeronautical Information System Handling).

By using this technology, stakeholders can share information related to handling volcanic ash or known as CDM (Collaborative Decision Making).

"We continue to monitor, including monitoring flight routes and airport facilities, to identify potential threats of volcanic ash to flights," Kristi concluded.