Medan’s new Kuala Namu International Airport opens on 25 July 2013.
It will replace the overcrowded Polonia Airport (MES), which will close on the same date.
The Bare Essentials | To/From The New Airport | To/From Medan | Other Tips
Opening date: 25 July 2013 Airport code: KNO Location: 31km North-East |
Airport Bus: Yes Airport Train: Yes – more information Toll road: Under construction |
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Left to Right: Pinang Baris Bus Terminal, Medan City Fair Airport Bus Terminal, Medan Train Station, the old Polonia Airport, Amplas Bus Terminal, the new Kuala Namu Airport
Medan Airport is located in Deli Serdang Regency, north-east of the city.
Full details of public transport options to/from Kuala Namu are still to be confirmed, but it will be the first Indonesian airport with a rail link. There will also be airport buses; two likely destinations are the city’s main inter-city bus terminals: Pinang Baris in the west (destinations: Aceh, Bukit Lawang, Berastagi) and Amplas in the south (Lake Toba, Sibolga, Bukittinggi).
A toll road connecting the new airport to Medan and Tebing Tinggi is still under construction, and is due to be finished in late 2014. In the meantime, it is 31km to the airport from Central Medan, measured from the City Hall (near Medan Train Station). Google Maps estimates the journey to be 53 minutes. A taxi ride would be around Rp100 000 ($US10, € 8, £7). Fares from the airport are unconfirmed; it is likely that there will still be a pre-paid fixed price voucher system – not taxi meters – similar to those currently operating at Polonia Airport and Bali Airport.
UPDATE – November 2013
We have more information and a review of Railink – the name of the train between Medan and its Airport – here.
Destination City | Flights/Week |
1. Jakarta | 290 |
2. Penang (Georgetown) | 99 |
3. Kuala Lumpur | 74 |
4. Batam | 63 |
=5. Banda Aceh | 42 |
=5. Singapore | 42 |
7. Pekanbaru | 35 |
8. Bandung | 32 |
9. Nias (Gunung Sitoli) | 28 |
10. Padang | 21 |
Medan is the busiest airport in Sumatra, with almost 8 million passengers in 2012. It is often a transit point for visitors than a tourist destination itself, many either just stay one night continue their journey directly to more well-known attractions with smaller airports or no airport at all. By plane, these include e.g. diving hotspot Pulau Weh near Banda Aceh, famous surfing breaks in Nias and Mentawai Islands near Padang. Places acessible from Medan by bus are listed in the previous section.
Based on the previous experience of the new Lombok International Airport opened in 2011, here is some further advice:
As further information becomes available, this post will be updated.
In the meantime, if you have a question, please write it in the comment field below.
Or if you would like to enquire about a flight to/from Medan, please fill in this form.
Dear Sir,
Plse, I am enquiry about the train from city of Medan through the new KNO AIRPORT.
How ever my flight by Air Asia its first flight, 05.20 am
What i heard that the train route only started at 5 am.
The problem is what to do? Any transport that goes direct to the airport? Either than taxi or train?
Thnx,
Ratna
Hi!
I fly to Medan next 26 July, my flight was changed to the new kuala Namu airport.
Please, I want to Know how to get Bukit Lawang from the new airport, Are there buses?
And for a private car or taxi, Which are the prices?
I’d be very grateful for your help.
Verónica
Hi I’m confuse that a lot of change on going Medan to KualaNamu.
My wife will travel alone frm Medan to Penang coming soon on 31 July 2013 to penang evening 6.30pm flight airasia, but with transport more easy to travel from Medan to Kuala namu by train or Taxi is direct inside of new airport or outside?
Will visa on arrival be available? We have contacted numerous sources to find out but no one seems to know! Thanks
Hello,
Our plane to kuala lumpur will depart at 6:20 am. Is there a hotel near the airport, so we don’t need to travel there in the morning?
Or any sleeping places in the airport?
Andrea
Hi Chris,
Planning to have a late flight from BDO next month
HOws the taxi service in KNO? are they 24hrs?
Cheers.
Hi Chris,
Does Raja Taxi operates in the new airport? I would like to take raja taxi from the new airport to Parapat.
Is there any other means of transportation from kualanamu airport to Parapat?
Dear sir
I’ve heard that airport tax for domestic increase until Rp 100,000 by 4 august 13.
How about international airport tax ?
Just give some suggestion.it’s more comfortable if we subcharge airport tax to air ticket,like others country.
Tq
Thanks for the information. We land in in the new airport on the 22nd August and would like to travel to Parapat, does the following feeling like a realistic plan? Arrive in the airport, catch the DAMRI bus to Amplas station, then catch another bus to Parapat? I’ve read so much varying info I’m struggling to work out what’s the best way. I have read there are tourist and local buses to Parapat from medan but can’t seem to find out where to get they from or even if they exist? Many thanks for any help.
I would be travelling to Medan this September. I read some reviews saying that it’s better to travel by train as the traffic is pretty bad. I need to know if the train tickets are available at the counters and which is the nearest station to Marriott?
Hi there. I’m just wanting to know if there’s a good spot inside the airport where I can meet a friend who is flying in from a different country than me? I.e a restaurant, internet cafe. Is there a list somewhere of what shops, restaurants etc is INSIDE the airport.
Many thanks for your kind assistance!
George
how far from kuala namu airport to medan train station? and how to go to medan train station?
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Some more details about the train between Medan and the new airport:
– There will be 15 trains per day, departing Medan hourly starting at 05:00 until 20:00
– Trains will at first be local trains built in Madiun (East Java), later replaced by trains imported from South Korea.
– Price for a return ticket is expected to be around Rp80 000 ($US8.50 € 6,50 £5.50).
Source
Still to be confirmed:
– Price for a one-way ticket
– Travel time
– Facilities at the airport station