Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport

Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (IATA: DIL, ICAO: WPDL), formerly known as Comoro International Airport, is an international airport located in Dili, the capital of East Timor. The airport was renamed after Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, an East Timorese politician and national hero.

Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport

Aeroporto Internacional
Presidente Nicolau Lobato
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorEast Timor Civil Aviation Division
LocationDili, East Timor
Elevation AMSL25 ft / 8 m
Coordinates08°32′47.59″S 125°31′28.99″E
Map
DIL/WPDL
Location of airport in Dili, East Timor
DIL/WPDL
DIL/WPDL (East Timor)
DIL/WPDL
DIL/WPDL (Southeast Asia)
DIL/WPDL
DIL/WPDL (Asia)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 6,889 2,100 Asphalt

History
Historical picture of the Dili airport.

Under Portuguese rule, Baucau Airport, which has a much longer runway, was used for international flights, but during Indonesian rule after 1975, it was placed under the control of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, and Dili airport, known as Comoro International Airport, became the territory's principal civilian airport. The airport was placed under the control of the Australian Defence Force during Operation Astute in May 2006.

Dili's airport runway has generally been unable to accommodate aircraft larger than the Airbus A319, Boeing 737-400, Boeing 737-900ER, C-130 Hercules, or Ilyushin Il-96, but in January 2008, the Portuguese charter airline EuroAtlantic Airways operated a direct flight from Lisbon using a Boeing 767, carrying 140 members of the Guarda Nacional Republicana.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Airnorth Darwin
Air Timor
operated by Druk Air 		Singapore[2]
Air Timor
operated by TransNusa 		Kupang
Citilink Denpasar/Bali
NAM Air Denpasar/Bali[3]
Sriwijaya Air Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Denpasar/Bali, Surabaya
TransNusa Kupang

See also
  • East Timor Civil Aviation Division

References
  1. euroAtlantic lands at Dili airport transporting GNR Archived 20 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Liu, Jim. "Druk Air begins East Timor service with Air Timor in NW19". Routesonline. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  3. https://m.bisnis.com/amp/read/20151220/98/503517/nam-air-buka-rute-baru-denpasar-dili



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