Tambolaka Airport

Tambolaka Airport Bandar Udara Tambolaka
IATA: TMC – ICAO: WADT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Indonesia
Operator	Ministry of Transportation
Serves	Waikabubak
Location	West Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Elevation AMSL	62 m / 203.41 ft
Coordinates	09°24′34.98″S 119°14′40.18″E / 9.4097167°S 119.2444944°E
Website	http://tmc.otoritasbandara.info/
Map
TMC Location of airport in Sumba Island
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28[1] 2,300 7,546 Asphalt

Tambolaka Airport is an airport in Tambolaka, West Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia (IATA: TMC, ICAO: WADT).

Terminals, Airlines and destinations

The airport is currently building a new terminal to replace the old terminal.

Airlines	Destinations
Garuda Indonesia	Denpasar, Kupang
TransNusa Air Services	Denpasar, Ende, Kupang
Wings Air	Denpasar, Kupang

Accidents and incidents

• On February 11, 2006, Adam Air Flight 782, registration number PK-KKE, lost navigational and communications systems twenty minutes into a flight from Jakarta to Makassar, South Sulawesi. The plane was subsequently flown into a radar "black spot" and was lost for several hours, eventually making an emergency landing at Tambolaka Airport, Sumba (on a different island 481 km away from their intended destination, and southeast from their origin, instead of north-east). The pilot in that incident was fired. Adam Air broke multiple safety regulations, including removing an aircraft before it was due for inspection by aviation authorities.^[2]

References

1. http://hubud.dephub.go.id/?en+info_bandara+detail+39
2. B737 makes emergency landing after nav and comm systems failure - Aviation Safety Network - retrieved March 4, 2007.