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Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport

Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport is the only airport in Aceh. It takes around 20 minute driving from the center of the city. To and from the airport, there are taxis and now bus is also available. Cost for taxi to the town costs around Rp 50,000 to Rp 80,000 depend on the location. There are also people offer you service to use their car. If you can bargain, this is sometimes cheaper.
Now the airport serves several national airlines such as Garuda Indonesia, Lion, Adam Air, Sriwijaya, Mandala and now Air Asia for direct flight to Kuala Lumpur.
From Banda Aceh to Medan, it takes around 45 minute. While flying from Banda Aceh to Jakarta, direct flight will take around two and half hour. In the weekend, most of the fligh are fully booked, carry passangers who wish to spend weekend out of Banda Aceh. So, book in advance is required if you will travel in the weekend.. more..

Banda Aceh by Air Liner

Banda Aceh could be reach by Air Transportation. All flights from Jakarta is indirect, where the plane have a 30 minutes transit at POLONIA AIR port Medan. Then continue to Banda Aceh in about 45 minutes.
The flight landed at Sultan Iskandar Muda Air Port, located 15 km from Banda Aceh City Center. The trip from Jakarta to Banda Aceh is a nice Experience, in a good weather condition, we can enjoy a beautiful landscape of Sumatra island from South to the North. The ticket fare is depend on the Air liner, it range from IDR. 600,000,- to more than a million Rupiah ( 60 to 120 US.$ ), an additional air port tax is IDR. 30,000. Adam Air, Lion Air, SriwiJaya Air are the domestic air line which offer a good fare ticket , while Garuda Indonesia is a Premium air line with the ticket fare more higher than the other.. more..