Utarom Airport or Kaimana Airport serves Kaimana, located in the province of West Papua in Indonesia. Due to increasing passengers, the airport was heavily modernized. The airport development has been done in stages, beginning in 2012, followed in 2014, and completed at the end of 2015. Currently, Utarom Airport has a modern passenger terminal design like that of Wamena Airport. Airport capacity has also been increased to accommodate 102 passengers during peak hours. The passenger terminal is made more comfortable in order to improve service to passengers. In total, the construction of a passenger terminal covering an area of 1,800 square meters costs around Rp 75.5 billion. The development of the airport was completed at the end of 2015 and was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on 30 December 2016.
Airport Information | |
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Name | Kaimana Airport |
City | Kaimana |
Country | Indonesia |
IATA Code | KNG |
Latitude | -3.6446 |
Longitude | 133.695116 |
Elevation (feet) | 19 |
Wikipedia | Wikipedia link |