Indonesia airport comments

According to "INDOAVIS NUSATARAN" the name of the airport is just "Abdul Rachman".

Name is : Ngloram Airport - Location : Cepu - Province : Jawa Tengah (Central Java)

New ICAO code : WARC

Geographic coordinates : 07°11'37"S - 111°32'52"E

Elevation : 134,5 ft

Trunojoyo Airport new ICAO code "WART" - IATA code : "SUP".

Former ICAO code "WRST"

Source : ICAO Attachment A to ATNTTF/6-IP/9

According to "INDOAVIS NUSANTARA" the airport is called STENKOL and not STEENKOL.

Gewayentana Airport ICAO code is now "WATL" stead of "WRKL"

THE NEW ICAO CODE IS "WATA" stead of "WRKA" (sources ICAO attachment A to ATNTTF/6-IP-9)

Correction the ICAO Code is "WATB" . Sorry for this mistake

RWY 11/29

RWY 07/25

RWY 06/24

ILS 24

RWY 05/23

RWY 07/25

Length 1300m

Windsock located at eastern end of Apron

This is the only controlled airport in East Timor, and the only one with scheduled airline service (to Darwin, Australia, and Denpasar, Indonesia.

The Australian Defence Force took control of the airport during the international Operation Astute peacekeeping mission, which began in May 2006 during the riots in Dili between government supporters and disaffected troops.

On January 30, 2008, a DHC-6 Twin Otter skidded off the runway into a crowd of people while landing, killing one person and injuring others. No one in the plane was hurt:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080130/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_plane_accident

On January 28, 2008, a Boeing 737 operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines struck a cow while landing at Mopah airport, damaging an engine. It turns out that the airport is not yet completely fenced in:

http://aviation-safety.net/news/newsitem.php?id=1974

There were riots at this airport on August 22, 2007, with four protesters shot by police, and the airport was temporarily closed:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/airport.riot.ap/index.html

The runway gets extremely slippery when wet, due to years of buildup of rubber deposits.