The airport was the site of a mass shooting that took place on 15 April 1996 by a member of Kopassus Sec. Lt. Sanurip. The shooting killed 16 people and injured 11 others.
On 18 July 2008, Minister of Transportation Jusman Syafii Djamal inaugurated upgrading of Mozes Kilangin Airport's status into an international airport.[1]
On 9 October 2008, at around 10:00 a.m. WIT, Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight MZ-835 experienced a tire burst while landing at Mozes Kilangin Airport as it was on its transit from Jayapura to Jakarta via Biak and Makassar. No personnel were injured in the incident.
mozes, kilangin, airport, iata, icao, wayy, wabp, airport, timika, central, papua, indonesia, iata, timicao, wayy, formerly, wabp, summaryairport, typepublicownergovernment, indonesiaservesmimika, regencylocationtimika, central, papua, indonesiacoordinates04, . Mozes Kilangin Airport IATA TIM ICAO WAYY old WABP is an airport in Timika Central Papua Indonesia Mozes Kilangin AirportIATA TIMICAO WAYY formerly WABP SummaryAirport typePublicOwnerGovernment of IndonesiaServesMimika RegencyLocationTimika Central Papua IndonesiaCoordinates04 31 44 76 S 136 53 11 76 E 4 5291000 S 136 8866000 E 4 5291000 136 8866000Websitetimikaairport wbr comMapTIMLocation in PapuaShow map of Western New GuineaTIMLocation in IndonesiaShow map of IndonesiaRunwaysDirection Length Surface ft m 12 30 7 677 2 340 Asphalt Contents 1 History 2 Airlines and destinations 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe airport was the site of a mass shooting that took place on 15 April 1996 by a member of Kopassus Sec Lt Sanurip The shooting killed 16 people and injured 11 others On 18 July 2008 Minister of Transportation Jusman Syafii Djamal inaugurated upgrading of Mozes Kilangin Airport s status into an international airport 1 On 9 October 2008 at around 10 00 a m WIT Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight MZ 835 experienced a tire burst while landing at Mozes Kilangin Airport as it was on its transit from Jayapura to Jakarta via Biak and Makassar No personnel were injured in the incident Airlines and destinations editAirlinesDestinationsAirfast IndonesiaCharter Makassar Manado SoloBatik AirJayapura MakassarGaruda IndonesiaJayapura MakassarLion AirJayapura MakassarSriwijaya AirJayapura MakassarSusi AirAlama Beoga Jila Jita Mapanduma Paro Tsinga WangbeTransNusaSorongTrigana AirWamenaWings AirAgats Jayapura NabireReferences edit Mozes kilangin jadi bandara internasionalExternal links editMozes Kilangin Airport information on Ministry of Transportation nbsp This article about an Indonesian airport is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mozes Kilangin Airport amp oldid 1219505985, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
