Japura Airport
domestic airport located in Rengat, Riau, Indonesia
Japura Airport (IATA: RGT, ICAO: WIBJ) is a domestic airport located in Rengat, the seat of the Indragiri Hulu Regency in Riau, Indonesia. The airport, which serves Rengat and surrounding areas, can accommodate BAe 146, ATR 72, ATR 42, Fokker 50 and other mid-sized aircraft. The airport currently serves only one route to Batam in the Riau Islands, operated by Susi Air. Previously, Wings Air operated flights to Pekanbaru, but the service has been discontinued as of 2025.
History
This airport was constructed in 1952 by Stanvac, an oil company in Riau. Initially, it was solely used for serving non-commercial flights for Stanvac employees. The site also once hosted an oil well, which is no longer operational. In 1954, ownership of the airport was officially handed over to the Indonesian government. Under the management of the Ministry of Transportation, Japura Airport began offering commercial flights operated by various airlines.
The airlines that once operated flights at Japura Airport generally offered air services on the Jakarta-Rengat-Pekanbaru and Pekanbaru-Rengat-Palembang routes, which existed from 1983 to 2001.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10848548. Authority coordinates are -0.352, 102.335. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2025, 1952, 1954 and 1983.
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