Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport
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| Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Aeroporto Internacional Presidente Nicolau Lobato |
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| IATA: DIL - ICAO: WPDL | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | East Timor Civil Aviation Division | ||
| Serves | Dili, East Timor | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 25 ft (8 m) | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 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.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Airnorth (Darwin)
- Merpati Nusantara Airlines (Bali)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Airport information for WPDL at World Aero Data
- Immigration Department of Timor-Leste
- Destinations from Dili
- A-Z World Airports
- Map from Multimap
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