Utarom Airport

Utarom Airport
Kaimana Airport

Bandar Udara Utarom
Bandar Udara Kaimana
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Indonesia
OperatorMinistry of Transportation
ServesKaimana, West Papua, Indonesia
Time zoneWITA (UTC+09:00)
Elevation AMSL19 ft / 6 m
Coordinates03°38′40″S 133°41′43″E / 3.64444°S 133.69528°E / -3.64444; 133.69528
Map
KNG/WAsK is located in West Papua (province)
KNG/WAsK
KNG/WAsK
Location in West Papua
KNG/WAsK is located in Western New Guinea
KNG/WAsK
KNG/WAsK
Location in Western New Guinea
KNG/WAsK is located in Indonesia
KNG/WAsK
KNG/WAsK
Location in Indonesia
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 2,000 6,562 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]
Utarom Airport in 1962

Utarom Airport (IATA: KNG, ICAO: WASK) serves Kaimana,[1] located in the province of West Papua in Indonesia. Due to increasing passengers, the airport was heavily modernized. The airport development has been done in stages, beginning in 2012, followed in 2014, and completed at the end of 2015. Currently, Utarom Airport has a modern passenger terminal design like that of Wamena Airport. Airport capacity has also been increased to accommodate 102 passengers during peak hours. The passenger terminal is made more comfortable in order to improve service to passengers.[3] In total, the construction of a passenger terminal covering an area of 1,800 square meters costs around Rp 75.5 billion.[4] The development of the airport was completed at the end of 2015 and was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on 30 December 2016.[5]

Kaimana Airport which is a third class airport now has a runway length of 2,000 m x 30 cm, two taxiways, an apron area of 170 m x 60 m, and is able to accommodate planes such as the ATR 72-500. For the improvement of aviation safety, the airport is also equipped with new navigation equipment such as non-directional beacon (NDB), Doppler VHF omnidirectional range (DVOR), precision approach path indicator (PAPI), and the airfield lighting system (AFL).[6]

  1. ^ a b Airport information for WASK[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ Airport information for Kaimana, Indonesia (WASK / KNG) at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ "Hari Ini, Presiden Resmikan Terminal Bandara Kaimana". beritasatu.com.
  4. ^ Aditiasari, Dana. "Kemenhub Bangun Bandara Kaimana di Papua Barat, Ini Penampakannya". detikfinance.
  5. ^ "Presiden resmikan terminal Bandara Wamena dan Kaimana". Antara News. December 30, 2015.
  6. ^ "Bandara Kaimana Papua Barat Siap Diresmikan Jokowi". liputan6.com. December 30, 2015.