Matahora Airport

Coordinates: 05°19′00″S 123°35′00″E / 5.31667°S 123.58333°E / -5.31667; 123.58333

Matahora Airport Bandar Udara Matahora
IATA: WKB – ICAO: Wakatobi Location of the Airport in Sulawesi
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Serves	Wangi-wangi
Location	Wangi-wangi Island, Wakatobi, South East Sulawesi, Indonesia
Elevation AMSL	ft / 0 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22[1] 2,121 6,096 Asphalt

Matahora Airport is an airport located in Wangi-wangi Island, Wakatobi, South East Sulawesi, Indonesia.

The airport construction began on 2007 with an investment of 100 billions Rupiah from South East Sulawesi province government. The airport was inaugurated on May 22, 2009 by then-Indonesian minister of transportation Jusman Safi'i Jamal.^[2]

WingsAir (a subsidiary of LionAir) is currently the only airline with a daily flight to Matahora Airport.

Expansion

In 2012, 2,000 meters runway is extended to 2,500 meters together with addition of the pavement from 5 centimeters to 12 centimeters to facilitate Boeing 737.^[3]

References

1. ↑ id:Bandar Udara Matahora
2. ↑ http://www.indoflyer.net/forum/tm.asp?m=344440
3. ↑ "February 12, 2012 - Ekspres Air akan Layani Rute Wakatobi-Ambon". 

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