Tanah Merah Airport

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Tanah Merah Airport

Bandar Udara Tanah Merah
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Indonesia
Operator Ministry of Transportation
Serves Tanahmerah and Mappi
Location Boven Digoel Regency, South Papua, Indonesia
Time zone WITA (UTC+09:00)
Elevation  AMSL 25.4 m / 83 ft
Coordinates 6°05′49″S140°18′13″E / 6.096926°S 140.303564°E / -6.096926; 140.303564
Map
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TMH
Location in South Papua
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Location in Indonesia
Tanah Merah Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
07/251,4004,593 Asphalt
Sources: DJPU [1]

Tanah Merah Airport (Indonesian : Bandar Udara Tanah Merah) ( IATA : TMH, ICAO : WAKT) is one of the airports serving the Boven Digoel Regency, in the Indonesian province of South Papua. It is located in the regency's capital of Tanahmerah.

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The airport served 2,200 passengers throughout 2016. [2] It has serviced flights with the provincial capital at Jayapura (Sentani International Airport) and Merauke (Mopah International Airport) to the south. [3] Both routes are serviced by Trigana Air. [4]

The airport was briefly closed during the eruption of the Manam volcano in Papua New Guinea in 2015. [5]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Susi Air Bade, Bomakia, Kepi, Koroway Batu, Manggeleum, Oksibil, Senggo
Trigana Air Jayapura, Merauke
Wings Air Jayapura

Incidents

In 2008, a Pelita Air de Havilland Dash 7 was mired in the apron, although it was not damaged and was soon returned to service. [6] An XpressAir Dornier 328 with 33 passengers ran off the side of the runway on 14 June 2009, with the aircraft substantially damaged although there were no casualties. [7] [8]

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References

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