Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport

Elevating Flight: Raja Haji Fisabilillah Airport's Innovative and Expandable Terminal Design

The airport in Tanjungpinang, previously called the Kijang Airport, was renamed as Raja Haji Fisabilillah in 2008. The design is fot its new passenger terminal began in 2009, undertaken by WIRATMAN as another manifestation of their small airport typology that had been devised for areas with small capacity requirements. Currently it only serves domestic flight, but has served international routes in the past. The airport design allows flexibility towards this change and also for the possibility of reopening the international routes. Its program places emphasis on expandability, designed to grow symmetrically left and right with the central areas as its axis. This enables the buNdIng to expand in a manner that maintains a thin building mass, which is more fitting for natural lighting. The innovative solution of placing electrical and mechanical utilities on the roof are also used here, allowing the building to expand in a uninhibited manner. Within the terminal, check-in areas display artwork and graphic design that refer to cultural richness Tanjungpinang. Similarity, the baggage claim area are decorated with panels that inform arriving, passengers of the various sight and attractions to be found in the city, catching the eyes as a point of interest. Their arrangement complements the linear arrangement of the check-in counters and conveyor belts. Again, in this airport a simple back-to-back processing is used for baggage handling, in accordance with the principles of apt design: the simplicity is fitting for the small scale of the terminal, the readily available skills of its workers, as well as for ease of maintenance. Luggage is collected from behind the linear counters, to be manually sorted and loaded by workers onto the aircraft.

The roof area in the form of a small sinusoid wave is further developed into a larger sinusoid wave as a symbol of clouds. Clouds are interpreted as places that have height and can be reached by flight. Therefore, the shape of a large sinusoid wave is right to be used as the roof of the main passenger terminal building. By choosing the main wall around the building in the form of glass, it further strengthens the impression of a roof that floats lightly like a cloud.

The temperature of the roof sheet cuts down the heat radiation traveling downwards into the building making the interior of the building cooler.

• Clean, the Roof Material that Resistance to Tropical Staining.

• Durable, there is Durability against Weathering & UV Penetration.

• Beauty, there have Excellent Color Performance.

During the 12 years of RHS Airport Terminal Operations since 2012, COLORBOND® Materials Have Proven to be resistant to environmental conditions with high salinity and have good material color consistency.