Bajawa Soa Airport

Bajawa Soa Airport Bandar Udara Soa
IATA: BJW ICAO: none
Summary
Location	Bajawa, Indonesia
Time zone	WITA (UTC+08:00)
Elevation  AMSL	4,326 ft / 1,319 m
Coordinates	8°42′31″S121°03′28″E / 8.708612°S 121.057901°E / -8.708612; 121.057901
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 5,905 1,800 Asphalt

Bajawa Soa Airport, or Bajawa, Turelelo-Soa Airport,^{[ citation needed ]} is located in Bajawa, Indonesia. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Wings Air	Kupang [4] , Labuan Bajo [5]

Incidents

• On 21 December 2013, the district head of Ngada, East Nusa Tenggara, decided to bar state-controlled airline Merpati Nusantara from landing at the airport after he was refused a ticket on an already fully booked Merpati flight. ^[6] Two Merparti planes, one of them carrying 54 passengers, were forced to return to El Tari Airport in Kupang after the airport was closed from 6:15 a.m. to 9 a.m. Several other flights were also reportedly redirected. ^[7]

References

1. "Paper Stack". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-11-22.
2. "BJW - Bajawa Soa Airport Current Weather and Airport Delay Conditions". FlightStats.
3. "Padhameleda - Indonesia". World Airport Codes.
4. "Flight history for Wings Air flight IW1926". flightradar24.com. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
5. "Flight history for Wings Air flight IW1927". flightradar24.com. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
6. "District Head Denied Seat on Full Flight, Bars Airline from Airport - the Jakarta Globe". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
7. "Lawmakers Urge Sanctions Against District Head Who Closed NTT Airport - the Jakarta Globe". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-12-23.