Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport

Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Aeroporto Internacional Presidente Nicolau Lobato
IATA: DIL – ICAO: WPDL DIL Location of airport in East Timor
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	East Timor Civil Aviation Division
Location	Dili, East Timor
Elevation AMSL	25 ft / 8 m
Coordinates
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 following its integration to Indonesia in 1975, this was taken over by the Indonesian military and closed to civilian traffic. The airport was placed under the control of the Australian Defence Force during Operation Astute in May 2006.

Until 2008, Dili's airport runway has been unable to accommodate aircraft larger than the Boeing 737 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.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Airnorth	Darwin
Air Timor operated by Citilink	Denpasar
Air Timor operated by Silk Air	Singapore
Garuda Indonesia	Seasonal: Denpasar
Sriwijaya Air	Denpasar
Sriwijaya Air operated by NAM Air	Denpasar

See also

• East Timor Civil Aviation Division

External links

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