Mozes Kilangin Airport

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Mozes Kilangin Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Government of Indonesia
Serves Mimika Regency
Location Timika, Central Papua, Indonesia
Coordinates 04°31′44.76″S136°53′11.76″E / 4.5291000°S 136.8866000°E / -4.5291000; 136.8866000
Website timikaairport.com
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Location in Papua
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12/307,6772,340 Asphalt

Mozes Kilangin Airport( IATA : TIM, ICAO : WAYY old: WABP) is an airport in Timika, Central Papua, Indonesia.

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History

The airport was the site of a mass shooting that took place on 15 April 1996 by a member of Kopassus Sec. Lt. Sanurip. The shooting killed 16 people and injured 11 others.

On 18 July 2008, Minister of Transportation Jusman Syafii Djamal inaugurated upgrading of Mozes Kilangin Airport's status into an international airport. [1]

On 9 October 2008, at around 10:00 a.m. WIT, Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight MZ-835 experienced a tire burst while landing at Mozes Kilangin Airport as it was on its transit from Jayapura to Jakarta via Biak and Makassar. No personnel were injured in the incident.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Airfast Indonesia Charter: Makassar, Manado, Solo
Batik Air Jayapura, Makassar
Garuda Indonesia Jayapura, Makassar
Lion Air Jayapura, Makassar
Sriwijaya Air Jayapura, Makassar
Susi Air Alama, Beoga, Jila, Jita, Mapanduma, Paro, Tsinga, Wangbe
TransNusa Sorong (begins 18 April 2024) [2]
Trigana Air Wamena
Wings Air Agats, Jayapura, Nabire

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