Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport Guide
Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport serves Waingapu, the main town of East Sumba in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It is the larger of the two airports on Sumba, the other being Lede Kalumbang Airport at Tambolaka in the west of the island. Its ICAO code is WATU.
The site began as a military airfield built by the Dutch East Indies authorities in 1935. Scheduled pioneer flights started in 1978 after upgrades by the Ministry of Transportation. For a period between 2002 and 2005 the airport was under local government administration. A terminal opened in 2016 was demolished in 2020 and replaced by the current building, inaugurated in 2023.
The airport has a single asphalt runway, 15/33, 1,950 metres long, with one taxiway and one apron. The terminal covers 5,600 square metres and can handle up to 509,600 passengers a year. A separate 202 square metre VIP terminal and a 450 square metre administrative building stand on the site. Traffic is well below that capacity. Flights are flown by turboprops and small aircraft to Kupang, Lombok, Denpasar, Labuan Bajo, Ruteng and Savu. The airport also handled 351 tonnes of cargo in 2024.
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 59K passengers (2024)1 runwayopened 1978
- Location
- -9.669, 120.302
- Operator
- Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Government of Indonesia
- Links
- Wikipedia ↗
Terminals
1 terminalUmbu Mehang Kunda Airport has 1 passenger terminal — Passenger Terminal, handling domestic flights for around 3 airlines. Check which terminal your airline uses before you travel, as check-in, security and boarding points differ between them, and moving from one to another can take time.
- Passenger TerminalDomestic
Susi Air, TransNusa, Wings Air
Nearby cities
1 cityUmbu Mehang Kunda Airport is closest to Waingapu (4 km northwest). With 1 town or city within reach, it is a practical gateway for the wider region. Distances shown are straight-line from the airport, so allow extra time for road transfers, traffic and parking.
- Waingapu4 km northwest
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