Toraja Airport Bandar Udara Toraja | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Indonesia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
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  TRT Location of the airport in Sulawesi | |||||||||||
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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 45,000 passengers annually. [4]
