Tambolaka Airport
Tambolaka Airport is an airport in Tambolaka, Southwest Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia (IATA: TMC, ICAO: WATK). The Airport is inaugurated a new terminal on 2015 which is able to improve passenger services from the previous old terminal. Cafe and shops are available at the terminal. There are some car parking lots and taxi stand outside the terminal.
Tambolaka Airport Bandar Udara Tambolaka | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Indonesia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Ministry of Transportation | ||||||||||
| Serves | Tambolaka | ||||||||||
| Location | Southwest Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 47.85 m / 157 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 09°24′34.98″S 119°14′40.18″E | ||||||||||
| Website | http://IndonesiaAirport.com/ | ||||||||||
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  TMC Location of airport in Sumba Island | |||||||||||
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Terminals, Airlines and destinations
The airport is currently building a new terminal to replace the current old terminal in order to handle larger jets such as Boeing 737, Airbus A320 and other larger aircraft.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Garuda Indonesia | Denpasar/Bali, Kupang |
| Nam Air | Denpasar/Bali, Kupang[2] |
| TransNusa | Denpasar/Bali, Ende, Kupang |
| Wings Air | Denpasar/Bali, Kupang |
Accidents and incidents
- On February 11, 2006, Adam Air Flight 782, registration number PK-KKE, lost navigational and communications systems twenty minutes into a flight from Jakarta to Makassar, South Sulawesi. The plane was subsequently flown into a radar "black spot" and was lost for several hours, eventually making an emergency landing at Tambolaka Airport, Sumba (on a different island 481 km away from their intended destination, and southeast from their origin, instead of north-east). The pilot in that incident was fired. Adam Air broke multiple safety regulations, including removing an aircraft before it was due for inspection by aviation authorities.[3]
References
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