Matahora Airport guide

Matahora Airport serves Wangi-Wangi Island in the Wakatobi Regency of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It sits about 11 km from Wangi-Wangi town and is the main air link to the Wakatobi islands, a marine national park known for diving. Construction began in 2007 and the airport was inaugurated on 22 May 2009.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation took over management in 2015, through the Matahora Airport Administration Unit. The single asphalt runway, 04/22, is 2,000 metres long. A passenger terminal of 1,524 square metres opened on 8 May 2016 and is sized for about 150 passengers a day.

Traffic is small and has fallen in recent years. The airport handled 60,585 passengers in 2018, 9,011 in 2023 and 5,420 in 2024, with 192 aircraft movements in 2024. FlyJaya connects the island with Kendari. Services to Makassar by Super Air Jet and Wings Air have been discontinued, and TransNusa announced a Denpasar route in July 2026.