At the 2009 Congress, held in Pekanbaru, Aburizal Bakrie was elected by chairman, winning 269 out of 583 votes, and beating Surya Paloh into second place.
In March 1958, Moerdani parachuted down behind enemy lines in Pekanbaru and Medan to prepare the groundwork for ABRI to take over the two cities.
It serves a commercial flight of Sky Aviation from/to Pekanbaru and charter flights from Jakarta-Halim and Pekanbaru for Pertamina and Chevron Pacific Indonesia.