Wamena Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Wamena) is an airport serving the town of

Wamena Wamena is a town and the capital of the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It also serves as the seat of Jayawijaya Regency. It is the largest town in Indonesian Papua's highlands, in the Baliem Valley and had a population of 64,967 at the ...

Jayawijaya Regency Jayawijaya Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It occupies an area of 13,925.31 km2 in the Baliem Valley, situated in the central highlands of the province. It had a population of 196, ...

Highland Papua Highland Papua ( id, Papua Pegunungan) is a province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago, shortened to La Pago. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,408,641 according to the official es ...

, 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

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such as the

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and C-130 Hercules.

Improvement

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. 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. Moreover, the

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is also being extended from 2,175 m to 2,400 m. Further improvement involves the building of a parallel

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in the airport. Facilities of the new terminal includes 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.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Accidents and incidents

*On 15 August 1984, an Airfast Indonesia

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PK-OBC crashed into a mountain near Wamena. Two of the three people on board were killed. * On April 21, 2002, an

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''(ES-NOP)'' of Estonian airline

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was damaged in a hard landing at Wamena Airport; a minor fire broke out. Due to the dead battery of the fire truck some firefighters ran to the accident scene with hand-held fire extinguishers. After some 20 minutes the truck's battery was charged, but the aircraft had to be written off. There were no fatalities. * On 9 April 2009, an

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BAe 146-300 PK-BRD, flew into a mountain near Wamena, after a failed second approach for landing at Wamena Airport. * On 26 September 2011, the airport was razed by fire; all buildings including the departure and arrival terminals were engulfed by fire. * On December 18, 2016, an Indonesian Air Force C-130H Hercules flew into hills 1700 m southeast of the runway threshold while attempting to land in poor visibility, killing all 13 on board. * On July 18, 2017, a Boeing 737-300F (Freighter) ''(PK-YGG)'' of Indonesian airline

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sustained substantial damage after a hard landing and subsequent runway excursion. The aircraft came to a stop on rough terrain. No injuries were reported.

Gallery

File:Wamena Airport, Papua, Indonesia 2019 73.jpg, The terminal of Wamena Airport

References

External links

Wamena Airport - Indonesia Airport global website
{{authority control Airports in Highland Papua