Kalimarau Airport guide

Kalimarau Airport serves Tanjung Redeb, the seat of Berau Regency in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It sits about 8 km from the town centre on the bank of the Berau River and takes its name from the Kalimarau River, a small tributary nearby. The airport is the main air gateway to the regency and to the Derawan Islands, and a Smart Aviation link connects it with Maratua.

It began in 1976 as a rural airstrip with a runway of about 650 metres. The runway was extended to 1,850 metres in 2007 and to 2,250 metres in 2011, and the airport was upgraded from Class IV to Class II in 2008. A new passenger terminal opened in 2012 and was inaugurated by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 24 October of that year. The airport also has a VIP terminal and a cargo terminal. The Indonesian Army's 13th Assault Squadron has been based here since 2016.

All scheduled traffic is domestic, to Balikpapan, Samarinda, Makassar, Surabaya and Jakarta. In 2024 the airport handled 405,932 passengers, up 21.7 percent on 2023, along with 1,428 tonnes of cargo and 5,482 aircraft movements. Its busiest year was 2018, with 521,222 passengers.