A. A. Bere Tallo Airport | |||||||||||
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Owner | Ministry of Transportation | ||||||||||
Operator | Ministry of Transportation | ||||||||||
Serves | Atambua, Indonesia | ||||||||||
Time zone | WITA ( UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,434 ft / 437.18 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 09°04′29″S 124°54′12″E / 9.07472°S 124.90333°E | ||||||||||
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A.A. Bere Tallo Airport, previously known as Haliwen Airport ( IATA: ABU [1], ICAO: WATA [2], formerly WRKA [3]) is an airport in Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. [4] [5]
It changed its name in 2013, to match local government's regulation on airport naming. [6]
The airport was a stop-over location in the early days of pioneering aviation for Bill Lancaster and Jessie Maude "Chubbie" Miller in 1927. This journey was one of the longest flights made in a small aircraft and the first attempted flight between England and Australia. However, the flight was overtaken by Bert Hinkler, who was the first to complete the journey. [7]
In 2006, the airport had a runway length of just 900 meters. [8] It was extended several times, with plans to extend the runway to 2,500 meters eventually. [9]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Wings Air | Kupang |