Babo Airport

Airport in Teluk Bintuni, Indonesia

BXB

Location in West Papua

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Location in Western New Guinea

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Location in Indonesia

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Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
02/20	3,937	1,300	Asphalt

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Babo Airport (IATA: BXB, ICAO: WASO) is located in Babo, West Papua, Indonesia. The airport serves as the point of entry to the nearby Tangguh LNG Plant. Its previous runway length of 950 meters was extended to 1,300 meters in early August 2014. The airport can only accommodate aircraft such as the ATR-72 and Twin Otter.

The Tangguh LNG plant in Teluk Bintuni Regency, West Papua, began production in 2009. Since a few years earlier, various infrastructure began to be built and improved. One of them is Babo Airport, which is in Babo district. To cater to workers of the Tangguh LNG plant, the airport was reactivated and developed after years of lying dormant. The development not only consist of paving the airport runway, but also defusing no fewer than 360 active bombs scattered in the airport area left by the Dutch on the midst of the Pacific War during World War II. The defusing of the bombs, which was assisted by the Indonesian Army Combat Engineers, took place in 2002. Once completed, the airport runway which originally had a gravel surface was paved by BP Berau, a subsidiary of BP. Having a runway along 1,300 meters, Babo Airport is now under the management of the Ministry of Transportation.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Susi Air	Manokwari
Travira Air	Charter: Sorong, Biak
Wings Air	Sorong

References

^ "BXB - Babo Airport Current Weather and Airport Delay Conditions".
^ "Babo - Indonesia".
^ Bandara Babo, Kabupaten Teluk Bintuni

Airports in Indonesia

Java
Banten	Curug (BTO) Jakarta–Pondok Cabe (PCB) Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta (CGK) ‡
Jakarta	Jakarta–Halim Perdanakusuma (HLP) Jakarta–Pulau Panjang (PPJ)
West Java	Bogor (ATS) Subang (SDM) Bandung–Sastranegara (BDO) Bandung–Kertajati (KJT) ‡ Cirebon (CBN) Pangandaran (CJN) Tasikmalaya (TSY)
Central Java	Cepu (CPF) Cilacap (CXP) Karimunjawa (KWB) Purbalingga (PWL) Semarang (SRG) Surakarta/Solo (SOC)
Yogyakarta	Yogyakarta–International (YIA) ‡ Yogyakarta–Adisutjipto (JOG)
East Java	Banyuwangi (BWX) Bawean (BXW) Jember (JBB) Kediri (DHX) Madiun (IWJ) Malang (MLG) Surabaya (SUB) ‡ Sumenep (SUP)

Sumatra
Aceh	Banda Aceh (BTJ) ‡ Blangpidie (KJX) Kutacane (LSR) Lhokseumawe (LSW) Lhoksukon (LSX) Meulaboh (MEQ) Singkil (---) Sabang (SBG) Simeulue (SMG) Takengon (TXE) Tapaktuan (TPK)
North Sumatra	Batu Islands (LSO) Gunung Sitoli (GNS) Medan–Kualanamu (KNO) ‡ Medan–Suwondo (MES) Padang Sidempuan (AEG) Parapat (SIW) Sibolga (FLZ) Silangit (DTB)
West Sumatra	Padang-Minangkabau (PDG) ‡ Padang–Tabing Simpang Ampek (---) Sipore (RKI)
Riau	Dumai (DUM) Pangkalan Kerinci (---) Pasir Pangaraiyan (PPR) Pekanbaru (PKU) ‡ Rengat (RGT) Sungai Pakning (SEQ) Tembilahan (---)
Riau (Islands)	Batam (BTH) ‡ Dabo (SIQ) Karimun (TJB) Letung (LMU) Natuna (NTX) Matak–Anambas (MWK) Tanjung Pinang (TNJ)
Jambi	Jambi (DJB) Kerinci (KRC) Muara Bungo (BUU)
Bengkulu	Enggano (---) Bengkulu (BKS) Mukomuko (MPC)
South Sumatra	Banding Agung (---) Lubuklinggau (LLJ) Pagar Alam (PXA) Palembang (PLM) Sekayu (---)
Bangka–Belitung	Pangkal Pinang (PGK) Tanjung Pandan (TJQ)
Lampung	Astra Ksetra (AKQ) Bandar Lampung (TKG) Krui (---) Way Tuba (---)

Kalimantan
West Kalimantan	Ketapang (KTG) Nanga Pinoh (NPO) Pontianak (PNK) Putussibau (PSU) Singkawang (SKJ) Sintang (SQG)
Central Kalimantan	Muara Teweh (HMS) Palangkaraya (PKY) Pangkalanbun (PKN) Sampit (SMQ) Tumbang Samba (TBM)
South Kalimantan	Banjarbaru (BDJ) Kotabaru (KBU) Tanjung Warukin (TJG) Batulicin (BTW)
East Kalimantan	Balikpapan (BPN) ‡ Berau (BEJ) Bontang (BXT) Datadawai (DTD) Maratua (RTU) Melak (MLK) Samarinda (AAP)
North Kalimantan	Long Apung (LPU) Long Bawan (LBW) Malinau (MLN) Nunukan (NNX) Tanjung Selor (TJS) Tarakan (TRK)

Sulawesi
South Sulawesi	Makassar (UPG) ‡ Masamba (MXB) Palopo (LLO) Rampi (RPI) Seko (SKO) Selayar (KSR) Soroako (SQR) Tana Toraja (TTR) Watempone (BNE)
West Sulawesi	Mamuju (MJU)
Southeast Sulawesi	Baubau (BUW) Kendari (KDI) Kolaka (PUM) Raha (RAX) Wakatobi (WKB)
Central Sulawesi	Ampana (VPM) Buol (UDL) Luwuk (LUW) Morowali (MOH) Palu (PLW) Poso (PSJ) Toli-Toli (TLI)
Gorontalo	Gorontalo (GTO)
North Sulawesi	Bolaang Mongondow (LKM) Melangguane (MNA) Miangas (IAX) Manado (MDC) ‡ Siau (BRG) Tahuna (NAH)

Lesser Sunda Islands
Bali	Buleleng (WSN) Denpasar (DPS) ‡
West Nusa Tenggara	Bima (BMU) Lombok (LOP) ‡ Mataram (AMI) Sumbawa Besar (SWQ)
East Nusa Tenggara	Atambua (ABU) Bajawa (BJW) Ende (ENE) Labuan Bajo (LBJ) ‡ Kalabahi (ARD) Kupang (KOE) Larantuka (LKA) Lewoleba (LWE) Maumere (MOF) Rote Island (RTI) Ruteng (RTG) Savu Island (SAU) Tambolaka (TMC) Waingapu (WGP)

Maluku Islands
Maluku	Ambon (AMQ) Banda (NDA) Benjina (BJK) Dobo (DOB) Kisar (KSX) Langgur (Tual) (LUV) Larat (---) Masohi (AMI) Moa (JIO) Namlea (NAM) Namrole (NRE) Saumlaki (SXK) Wahai (WHI)
North Maluku	Buli (WUB) Galela (GLX) Gebe (GEB) Labuha (LAH) Morotai (OTI) Sanana (SQN) Ternate (TTE) Kao (KAZ)

Western New Guinea
Papua	Biak (BIK) Jayapura (DJJ) ‡ Serui (ZRI)
Central Papua	Enarotali (EWI) Nabire (NBX) Timika (TIM)
Highland Papua	Dekai (DEX) Oksibil (OKL) Wamena (WMX)
South Papua	Boven Digoel (TMH) Merauke (MKQ)
Southwest Papua	Raja Ampat (RJM) Sorong (SOQ) Tambrauw (WRR)
West Papua	Anggi (AGD) Babo (BAO) Fak Fak (FKQ) Kaimana (KNG) Manokwari (MKW)