Juwata International Airport

Juwata International Airport
Bandar Udara Internasional Juwata

IATA: TRK – ICAO: WALR

TRK

Location of airport in Kalimantan

Summary

Airport type

Military/Public

Owner

Government of Indonesia

Operator

Ministry of Transportation

Location

Tarakan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia

Elevation AMSL

20 ft / 6 m

Coordinates

03°19′36″N 117°33′56″E / 3.32667°N 117.56556°E

Website

www.tarakanairport.com

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
06/24	8,202	2,500	Asphalt

Statistics (2014)

Passengers	1.012.265

Sources: List of the busiest airports in Indonesia

Tarakan airstrip in May 1945

Juwata International Airport (IATA: TRK, ICAO: WALR)^[1] is an airport in Tarakan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Tarakan which is off the coast of Borneo. The airport was the main Allied objective during the Battle of Tarakan (1945). A new terminal which has 2 aerobridge was soft-launched on July 2015, replacing the old terminal, which has been demolished to make way for the apron of the new terminal. The new terminal was officially inaugurated on 23 March 2016 by President Joko Widodo.^[2]

The airport is planned to be a transit hub for people from other countries such as Malaysia, Brunei and Philippines who is going to travel to other cities in Indonesia.^[3] Juwata Airport is a destination point of the ASEAN Single Aviation Market under Protocol I and II.

During 2010 Tarakan riot, negotiation between communities to end the conflict was held here.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Batik Air	Balikpapan
Citilink	Balikpapan
Garuda Indonesia	Balikpapan
Kal Star Aviation	Balikpapan, Berau, Malinau, Nunukan, Tanjung Selor, Samarinda
Lion Air	Balikpapan, Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Makassar, Surabaya
Malaysia Airlines operated by MASwings	Kota Kinabalu, Tawau
Sriwijaya Air	Balikpapan
Susi Air	Long Bawan, Malinau, Nunukan, Tanjung Selor

Expansion

Due to the airport is used both by military and civil aviation, so the apron is also used together. In July 2014, the airport authority initials to build 183 meters taxiway to the military apron which can accommodate 4 Sukhoi and 2 Hercules together and the project is predicted to be finished in December 2014.^[4]

References

External links

Accident history for TRK / WALR - Juwata Airport - Tarakan, Indonesia at Aviation Safety Network
Airport information for WALR - Juwata Airport - Tarakan, Indonesia at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.

Airports in Indonesia

Java

Greater Jakarta	Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta (CGK)* Jakarta–Halim Perdanakusuma (HLP)* Depok/South Tangerang (PCB) Jakarta–Pulau Panjang (PPJ)

West Java	Bandung (BDO)* Cirebon (CBN) Kertajati (—) Pangandaran (PAN) Tasikmalaya (TSY)

Central Java	Cepu (CPF) Cilacap (CXP) Karimunjawa (KWB) Purbalingga (PWL) Semarang (SRG)* Surakarta/Solo (SOC)*

Yogyakarta	Kulon Progo (—) Yogyakarta (JOG)*

East Java	Banyuwangi (BWX) Bawean Jember (JBB) Madiun (IWJ) Malang (MLG) Surabaya (SUB)* Sumenep (SUP)

Sumatra

Aceh	Banda Aceh (BTJ)* Kutacane Lhokseumawe (LSW) Lhoksukon (LSX) Meulaboh (MEQ) Singkil Sabang (SBG) Sinabang

North Sumatra	Batu Islands (—) 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 (---) Sipora (RKI)

Riau	Pekanbaru (PKU)* Dumai (DUM) Tembilahan Rengat (RGT) Sungai Pakning (SEQ) Pasir Pangaraiyan (PPR) Pangkalan Kerinci

Riau (Islands)	Batam (BTH)* Karimun (TJB) Natuna (NTX) Matak–Anambas (MWK) Dabo (SIQ) Tanjung Pinang (TNJ)

Jambi	Jambi (DJB) Sungaipenuh (KRC) Muara Bungo (MAF)

Bengkulu	Bengkulu (BKS) Muko-Muko

South Sumatra	Lubuklinggau (LLG) Palembang (PLM)*

Bangka–Belitung	Pangkal Pinang (PGK) Tanjung Pandan (TJQ)

Lampung	Bandar Lampung (TKG)

Kalimantan

West Kalimantan	Ketapang (KTG) Nanga Pinoh (NPO) Pontianak (PNK)* Putussibau (PSU) Sintang (SQG)

Central Kalimantan	Muara Teweh (MTW) Palangkaraya (PKY) Pangkalanbun (PKN) Sampit (SMQ) Tumbang Samba (TBM)

South Kalimantan	Banjarmasin (BDJ) Kotabaru (KBU) Tanjung Warukin (TJG) Batulicin (BTW)

East Kalimantan	Balikpapan (BPN)* Berau (BEJ) Bontang (BXT) Datadawai (DTD) Melak (MLK) Samarinda Samarinda Temindung

North Kalimantan	Long Apung (LPU) Long Bawan (LBW) Malinau (MLN) Nunukan (NNX) Tanjung Selor (TJS) Tarakan (TRK)*

Sulawesi

South Sulawesi	Makassar (UPG)* Masamba (MXB) Selayar Soroako (SQR) Tana Toraja (TTR)

West Sulawesi	Mamuju (MJU)

South East Sulawesi	Baubau (BUW) Kendari (KDI) Kolaka (PUM) Raha (RAX) Wakatobi

Central Sulawesi	Buol (UDL) Luwuk (LUW) Palu (PLW) Poso (PSJ) Toli-Toli (TLI)

Gorontalo	Gorontalo (GTO)

North Sulawesi	Melangguane (MNA) Manado (MDC)* Naha (NAH)

Lesser Sunda Islands

Bali	Denpasar (DPS)* Buleleng (—)

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

Maluku	Ambon (AMQ) Banda (NDA) Benjina (BJK) Dobo (DOB) Kisar Langgur (Tual) (LUV) Larat Masohi (AMI) Namlea (NAM) Namrole (NRE) Saumlaki (SXK) Wahai (WHI)

North Maluku	Buli (WUB) Galela (GLX) Labua (LAH) Morotai (OTI) Sanana (SQN) Ternate (TTE) Tobelo (KAZ)

Papua

Papua	Biak (BIK) Boven Digoel (TMH) Jayapura (DJJ) Merauke (MKQ) Nabire (NBX) Oksibil (ORG) Timika (TIM) Wamena (WMX)

West Papua	Fak Fak (FKQ) Kaimana (KNG) Labuha (LAH) Manokwari (MKW) Sorong (SOQ)

Names in Bold are international airports. Names of international airports marked with * have Visa on Arrival (VoA) facility

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