Lede Kalumbang Airport

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Lede Kalumbang Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Lede Kalumbang) (IATA: TMC, ICAO: WATK), formerly Tambolaka Airport, is an airport in Tambolaka, Southwest Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It inaugurated a new terminal in 2015, which improved passenger services from the previous terminal. A cafe and shops are available at the terminal, and there are a car park and some taxi stands outside the terminal.

Lede Kalumbang Airport

Bandar Udara Lede Kalumbang
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Indonesia
OperatorMinistry of Transportation
ServesTambolaka
LocationSouthwest Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Time zoneWITA (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL47.85 m / 157 ft
Coordinates09°24′34.98″S 119°14′40.18″E / 9.4097167°S 119.2444944°E / -9.4097167; 119.2444944
Map
TMC is located in Sumba
TMC
TMC
Location of airport in Sumba Island
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28[1] 2,300 7,546 Asphalt

Terminals, airlines and destinations edit

AirlinesDestinations
Citilink Denpasar
Nam Air Denpasar, Kupang
Wings Air Denpasar, Kupang

Accidents and incidents edit

  • On February 11, 2006, Adam Air Flight 782, registration number PK-KKE, lost navigational and communications systems twenty minutes into a flight from Jakarta to Makassar, South Sulawesi. The plane was subsequently flown into a radar "black spot" and was lost for several hours, eventually making an emergency landing at Tambolaka Airport, Sumba (on a different island 481 km away from their intended destination, and southeast from their origin, instead of north-east). The pilot in that incident was fired. Adam Air broke multiple safety regulations, including removing an aircraft before it was due for inspection by aviation authorities.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara".
  2. ^ B737 makes emergency landing after nav and comm systems failure - Aviation Safety Network - retrieved March 4, 2007.

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