Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport

Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Aeroporto Internacional Presidente Nicolau Lobato
IATA: DIL – ICAO: WPDL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	East Timor Civil Aviation Division
Location	Dili, East Timor
Elevation AMSL	25 ft / 8 m
Coordinates	08°32′47.59″S 125°31′28.99″E / 8.5465528°S 125.5247194°ECoordinates: 08°32′47.59″S 125°31′28.99″E / 8.5465528°S 125.5247194°E
Map
DIL Location of airport in East Timor
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 6,065 1,849 Asphalt

Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (IATA: DIL, ICAO: WPDL), formerly known as Comoro International Airport, is an airport located in Dili, the capital of East Timor. The airport was renamed after Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, an East Timorese politician and national hero.

History

Under Portuguese rule, Baucau Airport, which has a much longer runway, was used for international flights, but during Indonesian rule after 1975, the airport was known as Comoro International Airport. The airport was placed under the control of the Australian Defence Force during Operation Astute in May 2006.

Dili's airport runway has generally been unable to accommodate aircraft larger than the Airbus A319, Boeing 737-500, or C-130 Hercules, but in January 2008, the Portuguese charter airline EuroAtlantic Airways operated a direct flight from Lisbon using a Boeing 757, carrying 140 members of the Guarda Nacional Republicana.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Airnorth	Darwin
Air Timor operated by Citilink	Denpasar
Air Timor operated by Silk Air	Singapore
Sriwijaya Air	Denpasar
Sriwijaya Air operated by NAM Air	Denpasar[2]

See also

• East Timor Civil Aviation Division

References

1. euroAtlantic lands at Dili airport transporting GNR
2. Besok, NAM Air Buka Rute Penerbangan Baru Denpasar-Dili

External links

• Airport information for WPDL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• azworldairports.com
• Map from Multimap