http://www.ourairports.com/countries/ID/comments.html Comments left by OurAirports members who have visited airports in Indonesia http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=2174 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:52:16 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=2174 <p>RWY 11/29</p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=2173 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:45:14 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=2173 <p>RWY 07/25</p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=2172 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:29:26 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=2172 <p>RWY 06/24</p> <p>ILS 24</p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=2171 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:26:15 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=2171 <p>RWY 05/23</p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=2169 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:13:47 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=2169 <p>RWY 07/25</p> <p>Length 1300m</p> <p>Windsock located at eastern end of Apron</p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1458 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:53:14 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1458 <p>This is the only controlled airport in East Timor, and the only one with scheduled airline service (to Darwin, Australia, and Denpasar, Indonesia. </p> <p>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.</p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1126 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:11:01 -0500 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1126 <p>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:</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080130/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_plane_accident" rel="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080130/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_plane_accident</a></p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1120 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:44:53 -0500 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1120 <p>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:</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://aviation-safety.net/news/newsitem.php?id=1974" rel="nofollow">http://aviation-safety.net/news/newsitem.php?id=1974</a></p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=655 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:33:06 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=655 <p>There were riots at this airport on August 22, 2007, with four protesters shot by police, and the airport was temporarily closed:</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/airport.riot.ap/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/airport.riot.ap/index.html</a></p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=484 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:38:59 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=484 <p>The runway gets extremely slippery when wet, due to years of buildup of rubber deposits.</p>