Stevanus Rumbewas Airport

Stevanus Rumbewas Airport Bandar Udara Stevanus Rumbewas
IATA: ZRI ICAO: WABO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Ministry of Transportation
Operator	UPT Ditjen Hubud
Serves	Serui
Location	Yapen Islands Regency, Papua, Indonesia
Time zone	WITA (UTC+09:00)
Elevation  AMSL	6 m / 20 ft
Coordinates	01°49′43.7″S136°03′50.9″E / 1.828806°S 136.064139°E / -1.828806; 136.064139
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 1,600 5,249 Asphalt

Stevanus Rumbewas Airport( IATA : ZRI, ICAO : WABO) (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Stevanus Rumbewas) is an airport serving the town of Serui and the nearby towns and islands in the Yapen Islands Regency, Papua, Indonesia. The airport commenced operation on 19 December 2014, replacing the old Sudjarwo Tjondronegoro Airport which has been closed due to the lack of land for expansion to cope with the increasing passenger demands. ^[1] The airport is named after Stevanus Rumbewas, a former Indonesian Navy officer who originated from Serui, ^[2] and member of Indonesian Irian Independence Party (PKII). ^[3]

Facility

The airport resides at an elevation of 6 metres (20 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,600 m x 30 m (5,249 ft × 98 ft). Furthermore, the airport has an apron with a size of 120 m x 55 m (39 ft × 180 ft) which can accommodate a maximum of 1 ATR 42 aircraft and 1 DHC-6 Twin Otter type aircraft. In addition, it has a terminal building covering an area of 600 square meters.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Trigana Air Service	Biak, Jayapura [4]

References

1. Muhamad <asep.muhamad[at]torche.co.id>, Asep. "20 Pelabuhan Dan 10 Bandara Diresmikan". dephub.go.id. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
2. Redaksi Lao-Lao (14 January 2021). "Desing Pesawat di Tengah Konflik Adat: Studi Atas Pembangunan Bandara Stevanus Rumbewas, Kampung Kamanap, Kabupaten Kepulauan Yapen, Provinsi Papua". Lao-Lao Papua.
3. Gunawan, Restu; Leirissa, R.Z.; Haryono, P. Suryo; Lumintang, Onnie; Nurhajirini, Dwi Ratna (1997). Biografi Pahlawan Nasional: Marthin Indey dan Silas Papare (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Departmen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan RI Jakarta. p. 120. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
4. Yapen, Humas (2019-12-16). "Ini rute baru dan harga Trigana Airlines, Serui". KABUPATEN KEPULAUAN YAPEN. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-28.

External links

• (Indonesia) Bandara Stevanus Rumbewas, Dirjen Perhubungan Udara Archived 2021-07-09 at the Wayback Machine