Nop Goliat Dekai Airport guide

Nop Goliat Dekai Airport (ICAO WAVD) serves Dekai, the capital of Yahukimo Regency in Highland Papua, Indonesia. The airport sits at about 100 metres elevation in the highlands, where road access is limited and most villages in the regency depend on air transport for supplies and passengers.

Construction ran from 2004 to 2010 on a 230-hectare site with a budget of Rp 321 billion. The government built it as a logistics hub for the Papua highlands, which had relied on Wamena Airport. President Joko Widodo inaugurated it on 18 October 2016, when the runway measured 1,950 metres and could take ATR 72 aircraft. He asked for an extension to 2,500 metres.

The airport has one terminal building of 1,900 square metres, designed for 300 passengers at peak hours. Services are small-aircraft flights, mainly to Jayapura and Wamena, run by Trigana Air, Wings Air and Susi Air. The Ministry of Transportation operates the airport.