Indonesia volcano eruption September 2026
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Indonesia airports reopen after volcanic ash disrupts thousands of flights
The five airports reopened on Tuesday.
The volcano erupted at least three times on Tuesday morning, according to the head of the national Geology Agency, Lana Saria.
Anak Krakatau sits in a strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra.
Volcano eruption disrupts flights at Southeast Asia's second-busiest airport
Singapore Airlines canceled flights between Singapore and Jakarta due to the volcanic activity, including nine on that route scheduled for Monday.
Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said the continuous eruption had ended but volcanic activity remained elevated.
Volcanic ash forced authorities to temporarily suspend operations at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, with the closure extended several times on Sunday.
Indonesia's main airport suspends flights due to Anak Krakatau eruption
Director General of Civil Aviation Lukman F Laisa said the extended suspension followed a paper test that confirmed the presence of volcanic ash at the airport.
An earlier airport suspension affected 33 flights, including 16 international cancellations and seven delays.
A plume of up to 15,000 metres was detected on the Sumatra side and parts of Banten province in Java.
Anak Krakatau volcano erupts, Indonesia cancels flights
Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano erupted early Sunday.
Lukman F. Laisa is the Ministry of Transportation director general of civil aviation.
No casualties were reported and no evacuation order was issued.
Anak Krakatau volcano eruption closes eight Indonesian airports
According to local newspaper Kompas, several schools cancelled activities on Saturday after students and residents reported eye irritations from the ash.
Anak Krakatau has been sporadically active since it emerged from the sea at the beginning of last century in the caldera formed after the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa.
Indonesian authorities temporarily suspended operations at eight airports due to the eruption.
Indonesia volcano eruption disrupts flights and strands travelers
Authorities confirmed there is no tsunami warning linked to the recent activity of the volcano.
A press release from the airport said flights would resume at 23:59 on Monday.
Volcanic ash reached as high as 6,000m on the Java side of the volcano and 15,000m on the Sumatra side.
“We continue to evaluate the volcano's development based on all monitoring data, not solely on the number of eruptions or the height of the ash column,”
Volcano eruption in Indonesia strands 150,000 passengers
Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport was the first to be closed on Sunday morning after ash from Anak Krakatau was detected in nearby airspace.
Anak Krakatau collapsed in December 2018, triggering a tsunami which killed over 400 people and displaced and injured thousands more on nearby coastlines of Sumatra and Java.
More than 150,000 passengers were stranded after a volcanic eruption forced Indonesian authorities to temporarily suspend operations at eight airports.
Indonesia volcano eruption disrupts hundreds of flights
The eruption of Anak Krakatau disrupted hundreds of flights at six airports.
Two new eruptions were recorded at Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano.