Oecusse Airport

Oecusse International Airport
Aeroporto Internacional Palaban
Runway of Oecusse International Airport
Summary
Airport type Public / International
Owner Government of East Timor
Serves Oecusse
Location Pante Macassar, Oecusse, East Timor
Focus city for Dili
Elevation AMSL  ft / 0 m
Coordinates 09°11′53″S 124°20′41″E / 9.19806°S 124.34472°E / -9.19806; 124.34472Coordinates: 09°11′53″S 124°20′41″E / 9.19806°S 124.34472°E / -9.19806; 124.34472
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OEC
Location in East Timor
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2,812 857 Paved

Oecusse International Airport (Aeroporto Internacional Palaban) (ICAO: WPOC) is located in the seaside village of Palaban, beside Pante Macassar, in the suco of Costa, in the East Timorese exclave of Oecusse at 0 meters above sea level.

The paved runway is 2812 metres long.[1] There is a building for checking-in, a tower, a fence and a cafe. A bus brings passengers from the plane to the buildings.

A flight goes six times a week from Dili to Pante Macassar. [2] [3]

Future

A new international airport is being built beside the existing airport. The development of the new international airport is being carried out by Indonesian giant contractor PT Wijaya Karya[4] with ISQ (Portugal) acting as a project consultant.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Redirect Notice". www.google.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  2. ↑ "Airport – ZEESM TL". www.zeesm.tl. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  3. ↑ https://www.comoroairport.com/routes.html
  4. ↑ WIKA Oecusse (2017-08-17), DIRGAHAYU INDONESIA by PT Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk, Oecusse Airport Project Timor-Leste, retrieved 2017-10-03
  5. ↑ Arsenio Bano: OECUSSE: SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES of SOCIAL MARKET ECONOMY. Zonas Especiais de Economia Social de Mercado de Timor-Leste [ZEESM T-L] (Projecto Piloto Distrito Oecusse), 2014 (English).


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