Wamena Airport

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Wamena Airport

Bandar Udara Wamena
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Ministry of Transportation
OperatorMinistry of Transportation
Serves Wamena, Tolikara, Yahukimo, Yalimo
Location Wamena, Jayawijaya Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia
Time zone WITA (UTC+09:00)
Elevation  AMSL 5,435 ft / 1,656 m
Coordinates 4°05′54″S138°57′05.98″E / 4.09833°S 138.9516611°E / -4.09833; 138.9516611
Map
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WMX
Location in Western New Guinea
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Location in Indonesia
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
15/33 [1] 7,1362,175Asphalt

Wamena Airport (Indonesian : Bandar Udara Wamena) ( IATA : WMX, ICAO : WAVV) is an airport serving the town of Wamena, Jayawijaya Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia. The airport also serves the neighboring Lanny Jaya Regency and Tolikara Regency. It is currently the only airport in the highland region of Papua that can accommodate narrow-body aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and C-130 Hercules.

Contents

Improvement

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Wamena Airport in 2006

Recently, a new terminal was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo. The new terminal, which resembles the traditional Papuan home honai, was inaugurated on 30 December 2015. [2] The new terminal which has an area of 4.000 m2 replaced the old run-down terminal which only has an area of 965 m2. [3] Moreover, the runway is also being extended from 2,175 m to 2,400 m. Further improvement involves the building of a parallel taxiway in the airport. [4]

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Wamena Airport in 2019

Facilities of the new terminal include 5 counter check-in, new boarding lounge with air conditioning, larger toilet and more seats in the boarding lounge. Air-side facilities include an apron which has two aircraft stands covering an area of 180 m x 45 m and 356 m x 45 m each. The airport runway has a length of 2,175 m, which would be extended to 2,400 m and eventually to 2,600 m. [5]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Dimonim Air Charter: Dekai, Elelim, Karubaga, Sinak, Ilaga, Beoga, Mulia, Ilu, Jayapura, Mamit, Bokondini, Kobakma, Pasema, Anggruk, Faowi, Kenyam, Paro
Susi Air Apalapsili, Bokondini, Dekai, Elelim, Jayapura, Karubaga, Kenyam, Mapenduma, Mulia, Pasema, Tiom
Trigana Air Service Jayapura, Timika
Wings Air Jayapura, Timika

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Cardig Air Jayapura
Jayawijaya Dirgantara Jayapura
Tri-MG Intra Asia Airlines

Jayapura

Deraya Air Jayapura

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References

  1. ↑ "Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara".
  2. ↑ Jokowi Resmikan 2 Bandara Baru di Papua
  3. ↑ Bandara Wamena Siap Diresmikan Presiden Jokowi
  4. ↑ Parallel Taxiway Akan Dibangun di Bandara Wamena
  5. ↑ Ini Fasilitas Baru di Bandara Wamena
  6. ↑ "PK-OBC Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  7. ↑ Accident description AN-72 ES-NOP. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Hradecky, Simon (23 April 2009). "Crash: Aviastar Mandiri B463 at Wamena on Apr 9th 2009, impacted mountain on second approach". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Fire razes Wamena Airport". 26 September 2011.
  10. ↑ "Indonesian Air Force Plane Crashes in Papua Killing 13". 18 December 2016.
  11. ↑ Accident description C-130H A-1334. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  12. ↑ "Accident: Tri-M.G B733 at Wamena on Jul 18th 2017, runway excursion on landing". 18 July 2017.


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