Rar Gwamar Airport Explained

Rar Gwamar Airport
Nativename:Bandar Udara Rar Gwamar
Iata:DOB
Icao:WAPD
Owner:Government of Indonesia
Operator:Indonesian Ministry of Transportation
Pushpin Map:Indonesia Maluku
Pushpin Label:DOB
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Maluku
Pushpin Label Position:top
City-Served:Dobo
Location:Aru Islands, Indonesia
Timezone:WITA
Coordinates:-5.7717°N 134.2125°W
R1-Number:05/23
R1-Length-F:4,593
R1-Length-M:1,400
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:[1] [2]

Rar Gwamar Airport is an airport in Dobo, Aru Islands, Indonesia. The airport is the principal point of entry to the Aru Islands and is about from Dobo city center. It is planned that the current 1400m (4,600feet) runway will be extended to 1800m (5,900feet) according to the master plan. The runway extension will be done gradually, starting from 1500m (4,900feet) which is planned to be finished by 2018.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: (DOB) Dobo Airport . Flightstats.com . 2012-02-21.
  2. Web site: Dobo Airport Airport (DOB) Details - Indonesia . World-airport-codes.com . 2012-02-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120103051900/http://www.world-airport-codes.com/indonesia/dobo-airport-1953.html . 2012-01-03 .
  3. Web site: BANDARA RAR GWAMAR DOBO : RUNWAY DIPERPANJANG 2018. Majalahbandara.com. 27 February 2019.