Douw Aturure Nabire Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Douw Aturure Nabire) also called New Nabire Airport (IATA: NBX, ICAO: WABI) is an airport in Wanggar District, Nabire Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia.[2] This is a newly built airport to replace the old Nabire Airport (also called "Douw Aturure Airport") located in Nabire District, which is located just a few hundred meters away from the city center. The airport is named after Nabire Regent, Isaias Douw, with Douw Aturure being a title given by coastal tribes in Nabire.[3]
History
Previously, the old airport was used as an airfield which used by Dutch forces in 1941. The construction of airport terminal began in September 1972 and completed on 6 August 1973. 10 days later, it was inaugurated by Kardono with his wife Emil Salim.
On 23 April 2019, a building at the old Nabire airport caught fire. There were no casualties, and the operations of the airport following the fire were unaffected.[4] On 23 November 2023, President Joko Widodo inaugurated the new Douw Aturure Airport alongside Siboru Fakfak Airport. Construction of the new airport took two years from 2020 to 2022, with the runway length of 1600 m and an area of 6,320 m2, capable of serving 289,700 passengers each year.[5]
Airlines and destinations
The following destinations are served from Douw Aturure Airport:
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