Mozes_Kilangin_International_Airport
Mozes Kilangin Airport
Airport in Papua, Indonesia
Mozes Kilangin Airport (IATA: TIM, ICAO: WAYY old: WABP) is located in Timika, Central Papua, Indonesia.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Indonesia | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mimika Regency | ||||||||||
| Location | Timika, Central Papua, Indonesia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 04°31′44.76″S 136°53′11.76″E | ||||||||||
| Website | timikaairport | ||||||||||
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The old terminal was built in mid-1969 and inaugurated in1971. It serves domestic flights only.
The airport was the site of a mass shooting on 15 April 1996 by a member of Kopassus Sec. Lt. Sanurip. The shooting killed 16 people and injured 11 others.
On 18 July 2008, Minister of Transportation Jusman Syafii Djamal inaugurated upgrading of Mozes Kilangin Airport's status to an international airport.[1]
On 9 October 2008, at around 10:00 a.m. WIT, Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight MZ-835 experienced a tire burst while landing at Mozes Kilangin Airport as it was on its transit from Jayapura to Jakarta via Biak and Makassar. No personnel were injured in the incident.
In July 2008, Indonesian charter airline Airfast Indonesia operated an weekly international flight to Cairns, but unfortunately it went closed on October 2016.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Airfast Indonesia | Charter: Makassar, Manado, Solo |
| Batik Air | Jayapura, Makassar |
| Garuda Indonesia | Jayapura |
| Lion Air | Jayapura, Makassar |
| Sriwijaya Air | Jayapura, Makassar |
| Susi Air | Alama, Beoga, Jila, Jita, Mapanduma, Paro, Tsinga, Wangbe |
| TransNusa | Sorong |
| Trigana Air | Wamena |
| Wings Air | Agats, Jayapura, Nabire |
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