THE DEVELOPMENT OF AIRPORT CURBSIDE PERFORMANCE AT SULTAN HASANUDDIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MAKASSAR
ABSTRACT: Airport curbside is
a gateway airport which connects the airport terminal building and land
transport system. Airport curbside areas serve to provide (a) loading and
unloading areas for vehicles and (b) circulation lanes for vehicles approaching, departing, arriving
and traveling adjacent to the curbside areas. Easy access to an airport is an
important factor that determines the overall success of the airport. There are
problems almost at every curbside airport in Indonesia especially at Sultan Hasanuddin
International Airport as Gateway Airport of East Indonesia, generally caused by
the lack of curbside operations management. The length of departure and arrival
curbside at Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport are 215 m and 107 m respectively.
The purpose of this study was to analyze the existing and forecast the airport curbside performance, level of service
and create solutions to the problem in order enhance the curbside services for
the near future and improve and develop the vehicles circulation at the airport
landside area. The study was conducted by collecting data at Sultan Hasanuddin
Inter-national Airport. The data used are primary and secondary data. The primary data was based on field
survey at Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, interviews and discussions
with airport authority, official government and passengers, while secondary
data is based on data collected from various agencies, namely the Directorate
General of Transport Depart-ment, the Statistic Central Bureau, and PT. Angkasa
Pura 1. Analytical tools used to forecast the flows of passengers and
air-crafts was The Regression Analysis (SPSS program 11.0). The analysis was
based on Directorate General of Transport Department rules and the level of
service and curbside performance based on IATA standards. The findings and
recom-mendations of the study can be summarized as follows: i) curbside length
at the existing condition for departure and arrival curbside are still
adequate, while for the several years ahead in 2013 is still adequate for
curbside departure and not adequate for curbside arrival where the length of
the required curbside is 143 m, ii) to anticipate the delay of vehicles
circulations at the curbside area, vehicles can not stop more than five minutes
or parking along the curbside area, iii) the need to construct the pedestrian
way from terminal to parking area or vice-versa - provided with eco-friendly
landscape, iv) vehicles parked at the departure and arrival curbsides must be
moved to the parking area to accelerate the vehicles circulation flows, v)
implement strict regulations, and vi)
designers of airports should plan through expansion of existing curbside
facilities in the long-term planning.
Author: Sakti Adji Adisasmita
Journal Code: jptsipilgg110021
