Sangia Nibandera Airport | |
Iata: | KXB |
Icao: | WAWP |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | Government of Indonesia |
Operator: | Ministry of Transportation |
City-Served: | Tanggetada, Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia |
Timezone: | WITA |
Elevation-F: | 40 |
Coordinates: | -4.3412°N 121.524°W |
Website: | https://www.otban5.com/Kolaka |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 18/36 |
R1-Length-M: | 1850 |
R1-Length-F: | 6070 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | https://www.iata.org/en/publications/directories/code-search/?airport.search=KXB, https://skyvector.com/airport/WAWP/Sangia-Nibandera-Airport |
Sangia Nibandera Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Sangia Nibandera ) is airport located at Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi in Indonesia.[1] The airport was opened on June 25, 2010.[2] The airport is named after Raja Sangia Nibandera, who was the first king of the Mekongga tribe (indigenous people of Kolka) and spread Islam in Kolaka region.[3] [4]
A fire caused by a lightning strike destroyed the main terminal building of the airport on 26 November 2013.[5]