- Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport
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Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport
Aeroporto Internacional Presidente Nicolau LobatoIATA: DIL – ICAO: WPDL Location of airport in East Timor Summary Airport type Public Operator East Timor Civil Aviation Division Location Dili, East Timor Elevation AMSL 25 ft / 8 m Coordinates 08°32′47.59″S 125°31′28.99″E / 8.5465528°S 125.5247194°ECoordinates: 08°32′47.59″S 125°31′28.99″E / 8.5465528°S 125.5247194°E Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 6,065 1,849 Asphalt Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (IATA: DIL, ICAO: WPDL), formerly known as Comoro International Airport, is an 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.
Until recently, Dili's airport runway has been unable to accommodate aircraft larger than the Boeing 737 or C-130 Hercules, but in January 2008, the Portuguese charter airline EuroAtlantic Airways operated a direct flight from Lisbon using a Boeing 757, carrying 140 members of the Guarda Nacional Republicana.[1]
Under Portuguese rule, Baucau Airport, which has a much longer runway, was used for international flights, but following the Indonesian invasion in 1975, this was taken over by the Indonesian military and closed to civilian traffic.
The airport was placed under the control of the Australian Defence Force during Operation Astute in May 2006.
Contents
Airlines and destinations
Airlines Destinations Airnorth Darwin Vincent Aviation chartered by Timor Air Darwin Batavia Air Denpasar/Bali Merpati Nusantara Airlines Denpasar/Bali SilkAir chartered by Air Timor Singapore See also
- East Timor Civil Aviation Division
References
External links
- Airport information for WPDL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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- Map from Multimap
Categories:- Airports in East Timor
- Dili
- East Timor geography stubs
- Asian airport stubs
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