Kijang Airport
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Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport , formerly Kijang Airport, is an airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located in Tanjung Pinang
Tanjung Pinang
Tanjung Pinang or Tanjungpinang is the capital and second largest city of the Indonesian province of Riau Islands after Batam. A city with about 200,000 residents) it is a trading port between islands in the Riau archipelago...

, Bintan
Bintan
Bintan Island or Negeri Segantang Lada is an island in the Riau archipelago of Indonesia. It is part of the Riau Islands province, the capital of which, Tanjung Pinang, lies in the island's south and is the island's main community....

, Riau Islands, Indonesia
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History

At the beginning of this airport is managed by the State Assets Directorate General of Civil Aviation Ministry of Transportation. In 2000, the operation of Kijang Airport Tanjung Pinang
Tanjung Pinang
Tanjung Pinang or Tanjungpinang is the capital and second largest city of the Indonesian province of Riau Islands after Batam. A city with about 200,000 residents) it is a trading port between islands in the Riau archipelago...

 submitted to PT Angkasa Pura II
Angkasa Pura
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On April 12, 2008, Deer airport name officially changed to Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport. Inauguration of the name of Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport was conducted by the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia Jusman Syafii Djamal symbolically marked by turning the siren and the signing of the stone inscriptions in the presence of Riau Islands Governor Ismeth Abdullah, Vice Governor of Riau Islands HM Sani, Chairman of the Parliament H.M. Nur Syafriadi and other local officials.

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