Mutiara Airport (PLW)
A working profile of Mutiara Airport in Palu, Indonesia: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.
Quick facts
- Full name: Mutiara Airport
- Serves: Palu, Indonesia
- Coordinates: -0.9185, 119.9100
- Elevation: 284 ft
- Time zone: Asia/Makassar
Mutiara Airport sits inside the air network of Indonesia. It shows 8 distinct scheduled departures across 4 destinations and 3 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.
Destinations from PLW
Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.
| IATA | Destination | City | Country | Route | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPG | Hasanuddin International Airport | Ujung Pandang | Indonesia | PLW→UPG | 3 |
| CGK | Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | Jakarta | Indonesia | PLW→CGK | 2 |
| BPN | Sultan Aji Muhamad Sulaiman Airport | Balikpapan | Indonesia | PLW→BPN | 2 |
| SUB | Juanda International Airport | Surabaya | Indonesia | PLW→SUB | 1 |
Airlines operating at PLW
Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.
| IATA | Airline | Country | Routes from PLW |
|---|---|---|---|
| JT | Lion Mentari Airlines | Indonesia | 4 |
| GA | Garuda Indonesia | Indonesia | 2 |
| SJ | Sriwijaya Air | Indonesia | 2 |
Inbound origin airports
Where flights into PLW typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.
| IATA | Origin airport | City | Country | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPG | Hasanuddin International Airport | Ujung Pandang | Indonesia | 3 |
| CGK | Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | Jakarta | Indonesia | 2 |
| BPN | Sultan Aji Muhamad Sulaiman Airport | Balikpapan | Indonesia | 2 |
How to read this page
The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from PLW on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list PLW to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.
The airline list shows which carriers treat PLW as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.