Oecusse Airport
Appearance
Oecusse International Airport Aeroporto Internacional Palaban | |||||||||||
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![]() Runway of Oecusse International Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / International | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of East Timor | ||||||||||
Serves | Oecusse | ||||||||||
Location | Pante Macassar, Oecusse, East Timor | ||||||||||
Focus city for | Dili | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 0 ft / 0 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 09°11′53″S 124°20′41″E / 9.19806°S 124.34472°E | ||||||||||
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Location in East Timor | |||||||||||
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Oecusse International Airport (Aeroporto Internacional Palaban) (ICAO: WPOC) is located in the seaside village of Palaban, beside Pante Macassar, in the suco of Costa, in the East Timorese exclave of Oecusse at 0 meters above sea level.
The paved runway is 2812 metres long.[1] There is a building for checking-in, a tower, a fence and a cafe. A bus brings passengers from the plane to the buildings.
A flight goes six times a week from Dili to Pante Macassar. [2] [3]
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Future
A new international airport is being built beside the existing airport. The development of the new international airport is being carried out by Indonesian giant contractor PT Wijaya Karya[4] with ISQ (Portugal) acting as a project consultant.[5]
References
- ^ "Redirect Notice". www.google.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Airport – ZEESM TL". www.zeesm.tl. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ https://www.comoroairport.com/routes.html
- ^ WIKA Oecusse (2017-08-17), DIRGAHAYU INDONESIA by PT Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk, Oecusse Airport Project Timor-Leste, retrieved 2017-10-03
- ^ Arsenio Bano: OECUSSE: SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES of SOCIAL MARKET ECONOMY. Zonas Especiais de Economia Social de Mercado de Timor-Leste [ZEESM T-L] (Projecto Piloto Distrito Oecusse), 2014 (English).