 Kualanamu is the third largest airport (after Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta and the new Bandung Kertajati) and the fifth busiest airport in Indonesia in 2017.The airport opened to public on 25 July 2013, handling all flights and services shifted from Polonia International Airport.The airport was built on the site of what was previously an oil palm plantation of company Perkebunan Nusantara II Tanjung Morawa.