Toraja Airport

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Toraja Airport

Bandar Udara Toraja
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Government of Indonesia
OperatorGovernment
Serves Toraja
Location Tana Toraja Regency, South Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Elevation  AMSL 879 m / 2,883.86 ft
Coordinates 3°11′09″S119°55′04″E / 3.185833°S 119.91775°E / -3.185833; 119.91775
Map
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TRT
Location of the airport in Sulawesi
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
04/22 [1] 2,0006,562 Asphalt

Toraja Airport (Indonesian : Bandar Udara Toraja) ( IATA : TRT, ICAO : WAFB), formerly Buntu Kunik Airport, is an airport at Mengkendek, Tana Toraja Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. [2] It was built to replace the Pongtiku Airport, which was closed due to lack of land for expansion to cope with increasing passenger demands. [3] The airport started soft operations on 4 September 2020, and was officially inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on 18 March 2021.

Toraja Airport has a passenger terminal with an area of 1,152 square meters, and can serve 45 thousand passengers annually. [4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Citilink Balikpapan
Wings Air Makassar
Susi Air Seko

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References

  1. "Data Bandar Udara" (in Indonesian). Directorate General of Civil Aviation . Retrieved 19 March 2021.
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