Baucau Airport
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Serves | Baucau, East Timor | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,777 ft / 542 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 08°29′07″S 126°23′57″E / 8.48528°S 126.39917°E | ||||||||||
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Baucau Airport (IATA: BCH, ICAO: WPEC), former Cakung Airport, is an unattended airport located 6.5 km (4.0 mi) west of Baucau, a city in East Timor (Timor-Leste).[1][2][3]
Baucau Airport has a much longer runway than Dili's Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport. Prior to 1975 this airport had been used for international flights, including those of Trans Australia Airlines from Australia. Following the Indonesian invasion in 1975, this airport was taken over by the Indonesian military and closed to civilian traffic.[citation needed]
During the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, the airport served as a base for aircraft of the Indonesian Air Force, who were stationed for counter-insurgency effort toward the pro-independence guerilla.
References
- ^ a b Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine from Timor-Leste Civil Aviation Department Archived August 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Template:WAD
- ^ a b Airport information for BCH at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
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