Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Adisutijpto, International Airport in Yogyakarta

When you choose to enter via the air of Yogyakarta, Adisutjipto International Airport will be the first to step on. Has been operating for more than 50 years, this airport serves international flights destination Singapore and Kuala Lumpur as well as domestic flights to several major cities in Indonesia. No less than 10 aircraft arrivals and departures take place at this airport every day.

The airport area is 88,690 m2 store story of grief and joy. In this place, and Curren Guntei aircraft that on the morning of July 29, 1947 attacks against the Dutch in Semarang and Ambarawa take off and land again. In this place also, Dakota VT-CLA Indonesia's aircraft was shot by two hunters P-40 Kitty Hawk Dutch possession just before landing on the afternoon of the same date.

This airport's name changed from Airport Maguwo be Adisutjipto few years after the crash Dakota VT-CLA. Adisutjipto name taken from the name of Commodore Young Adisutjipto, the flight crew who died in the attack. He is a member of the TNI AU sent to the task to India and took the help of medicine in Singapore. Adisutjipto addition, another soldier who died was Abdurahman Saleh and Adisumarmo whose name is also immortalized the name of the airport.

Once you arrive, you can turn to the west side to see the brother who picked up. Distance between aircraft arrivals in the pavilion will cover makes it easy to identify relatives. As he walked toward the front of the airport to continue the journey to the hotel or tourist attractions, you can wave to those who volunteer to pick up. Sure would be something very romantic when you've never visited a long time.

When you have time, you can look to the east for a while after getting off the plane. Thousand Mountains region with the green trees would have to be a calming scene in the middle of a sunny day. It was also the area, if interested you can visit many interesting tourist attractions, one of Queen Boko Palace. You can also visit the temple which is the highest in Yogyakarta and make this airport runway could be extended to the east, the Ijo Temple.

We arrived at the front of the airport has two terminals have this coming (ie domestic and international), you can taste typical dishes of Yogyakarta, namely gudeg. Gudeg selling restaurant located in the back of the waiting room. When you want or Minang Padang cuisine, you can go to a restaurant near the parking lot. A comfortable waiting room can be used to wait for pickup may be yet to come.

If you come in the morning or evening, enjoying coffee and snacks certainly very appropriate. Walking to the east of the airport, you will find several coffee shops that also sell pastry and donut. Various herbs such as espresso coffee and cappuccino can be ordered at the coffee shop. If the coffee and snacks memngganjal not enough stomach, you can try foods that penjajanya fast food can be found not far from the coffee shop.

At the airport, you can begin to prepare lunch for the trip. Money changer facilities are available to facilitate you who come from abroad while some hotel reservation booth near the waiting room can make you more quickly book a room at certain hotels. In addition, there are also clothing stores that can provide for your clothes in the urgent time.

If careful, you can find some architectural features of Java in this airport, which stops the car. There are two statues are located on the right and left that place. In addition, Limasan shaped roof supported by four pieces and columns also indicate that the building was designed with the architecture of Java. Other architectural charm is the gateway airport in a green area high and wide with a curved top that read "Adisutjipto International Airport".

As an airport, Adisutjipto strategic enough to begin the journey because it is located quite close to several tourist attractions. Prambanan Temple Complex Kalasan and Ratu Boko Palace is located less than 10 kilometers from this airport. While the Silver Center and the Palace Complex in Kotagede Mataram is accessible only 25 minutes from the airport.

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