Kualanamu International Airport
Rank Destination Frequency ( Weekly ) Airlines ( s )
1 Malaysia , Kuala Lumpur ( All Airports ) 63 AirAsia , Indonesia Air Asia , Malaysia Airlines
2 Malaysia , Penang 49 AirAsia , Indonesia Air Asia , Lion Air , Sriwijaya Air
3 Singapore 28 Jetstar Asia Airways , SilkAir
4 Thailand , Don Mueang International Airport 7 Indonesia AirAsia
5 Netherlands , Amsterdam 6 Garuda Indonesia ( ended 17 Feb 2020 )
6 Saudi Arabia , Medina 5 Batik Air ( begins 3 December 2019 ) , Garuda Indonesia , Lion Air , Saudia
7 Saudi Arabia , Jeddah 3 Flynas , Garuda Indonesia , Lion Air , Saudia
8 Hong Kong , Hong Kong 3 Cathay Dragon ( resumes March 2020 )
9 United Kingdom , London 3 Garuda Indonesia ( ended )
Airlines and destinations -- Traffic and statistics
Overall Operational Statistics ( data prior to 25 July 2013 are for Polonia ( MES ) ) [ 45 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] [ 48 ] Year Passengers movements Aircraft movements Freight movements 2000 1,158,382 20,632 18,881 2001 1,510,489 23,300 21,809 2002 2,090,518 29,894 23,969 2003 2,736,332 36,359 24,067 2004 3,693,290 43,865 29,320 2005 4,033,073 55,218 32,125 2006 4,597,268 50,512 32,780 2007 5,456,558 54,238 50,580 2008 4,816,852 52,737 48,843 2009 5,852,076 50,303 49,272 2010 6,616,935 58,438 35,709 2011 7,170,107 61,755 47,254 2012 7,991,914 67,966 58,813 Busiest Domestic flight Out of Kualanamu International Airport by Frequency Rank Destinations ( operated by ) Frequency ( Weekly ) Airline ( s ) 1 Jakarta , Special Capital Region Soekarno-Hatta International Airport - Cengkareng , Banten 245 AirAsia , Batik Air , Citilink , Garuda Indonesia , Lion Air , Sriwijaya Air 2 Batam , Riau Islands 70 Citilink , Lion Air 3 Gunungsitoli , North Sumatra 63 Citilink , Garuda Indonesia , Wings Air 4 Jakarta , Special Capital Region , Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport 35 Batik Air , Citilink 5 Pekanbaru , Riau 35 Citilink , Lion Air 6 Banda Aceh , Aceh 28 Citilink , Lion Air 7 Sibolga , North Sumatra 27 Citilink , Garuda Indonesia , Wings Air 8 Padang , West Sumatra 21 Lion Air , Sriwijaya Air 9 Palembang , South Sumatra 14 Garuda Indonesia , Lion Air 10 Yogyakarta , Yogyakarta Special Region 14 Citilink , Indonesia Air Asia 11 Majalengka , West Java 14 Lion Air 12 Lhokseumawe , Aceh 14 Citilink , Wings Air 13 Padang Sidempuan , North Sumatra 12 Citilink , Wings Air 14 Siborong-Borong , North Sumatra 8 Susi Air , Wings Air 15 Dumai , Riau 7 Wings Air 16 Meulaboh , Aceh 7 Wings Air 17 Jambi , Jambi 7 Wings Air 18 Simeulue , Aceh 7 Wings Air 19 Takengon , Aceh 7 Wings Air 20 Surabaya , East Java 7 Sriwijaya Air 21 Bandung , West Java 7 Citilink 22 Yogyakarta-International , Yogyakarta Special Region 7 Lion Air 23 Denpasar , Bali 6 Garuda Indonesia
Kualanamu International Airport () is an international airport serving Medan, Indonesia. It is located in Deli Serdang regency, 23 km east of downtown Medan. Kualanamu is the third largest airport (after Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta and the new Bandung Kertajati) and the fifth busiest airport in Indonesia in 2017. The airport opened to public on 25 July 2013, handling all flights and services shifted from Polonia International Airport. The airport was built on the site of what was previously an oil palm plantation of company Perkebunan Nusantara II Tanjung Morawa. The airport is expected to become the new international transit center in Sumatra and the western part of Indonesia. It is part of Indonesia's central government's program under Masterplan to Accelerate and Expand Economic Development in Indonesia (MP3EI) and one of the strategies for the ASEAN Single Aviation Market (ASEAN-SAM), an open skies policy among member-countries in the Southeast Asia region starting 2015. In 2019, Garuda Indonesia launched direct flights from Kualanamu to London and Amsterdam, making the airport the only Indonesian airport to serve Europe after the airline suspends operations from Soekarno-Hatta.