Parking at Sultan Babullah airport (TTE)

In 2000, the government began developing supporting infrastructure at the airport, including extending the runway to 1,420 × 30 m. Due to increasing air traffic demand, the runway was further extended in 2001 to 1,650 × 30 m, followed by another expansion in 2003 to 1,800 × 30 m, and again in 2005 to 2,000 × 30 m, alongside the construction of a new terminal. The runway was later extended to 2,300 × 45 m in 2014, which remains its current configuration. The runway is planned to be extended to up to 2,400 meters in the future. The airport is also equipped with two aprons measuring 180 m × 90 m, as well as two taxiways measuring 110 m × 23 m and 95 m × 23 m, respectively. The new terminal covers an area of 9,600 m² and has the capacity to accommodate up to 400,000 passengers annually. It was subsequently renovated in 2023 with a budget of Rp 41.2 billion funded by the Ministry of Transportation. The former terminal, which covers an area of 2,100 m², is currently used as a cargo facility. A cold storage facility is planned at the airport to support the growing export activities from Ternate.