Lede Kalumbang Airport

Lede Kalumbang Airport Bandar Udara Lede Kalumbang
IATA: TMC ICAO: WATK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Indonesia
Operator	Ministry of Transportation
Serves	Tambolaka
Location	Southwest Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Time zone	WITA (UTC+08:00)
Elevation  AMSL	47.85 m / 157 ft
Coordinates	09°24′34.98″S119°14′40.18″E / 9.4097167°S 119.2444944°E / -9.4097167; 119.2444944
Map
TMC Location of airport in Sumba Island
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 [1] 2,300 7,546 Asphalt

Lede Kalumbang Airport (Indonesian : Bandar Udara Lede Kalumbang) ( IATA : TMC, ICAO : WATK), formerly Tambolaka Airport, is an airport in Tambolaka, Southwest Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. A new terminal inaugurated in 2015 expanded passenger services. A cafe and shops are available at the terminal, and there is a car park and some taxi stands outside the terminal.

Terminals, airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Nam Air	Denpasar, Kupang, Surabaya [2]
Wings Air	Denpasar, Kupang

Accidents and incidents

• On February 11, 2006, Adam Air Flight 782, registration number PK-KKE, lost navigational and communications systems twenty minutes into a flight from Jakarta to Makassar, South Sulawesi. The plane was subsequently flown into a radar "black spot" and was lost for several hours, eventually making an emergency landing at Tambolaka Airport, Sumba (on a different island 481 km away from their intended destination, and southeast from their origin, instead of north-east). The pilot was fired because the Adam Air flight violated multiple safety regulations, including removing an aircraft before it was due for inspection by aviation authorities. ^[3]

References

1. "Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara".
2. "Nam Air Surabaya-Tambolaka PP Flight". jatim.tribunnews. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
3. B737 makes emergency landing after nav and comm systems failure - Aviation Safety Network - retrieved March 4, 2007.