WATR
David Constantijn Saudale Airport
MVFR
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Name
David Constantijn Saudale Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
WATR / RTI / WATR
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
9:32 pm (WITA)
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Municipality
Ba’a - Rote Island
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Coordinates
10° 46′ 2″ S 123° 4′ 28″ E
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Elevation
465 ft (142 m MSL)
About David Constantijn Saudale Airport
David Constantijn Saudale Airport (IATA: RTI, ICAO: WATR), formerly known as Lekunik Airport, is an airport in Rote Ndao Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It serves Ba'a, the capital city of Rote Ndao Regency as well as the largest town in Rote Island. The airport serves as one of the main points of entry to Rote Island. The airport has a runway length of 1650 m × 30 m with a taxiway of 75 m × 17 m and aprons measuring 120 m × 85 m. The airport can only accommodate small aircraft such as the ATR-72. It has a 1,170 square meter passenger terminal and an operational building consisting of office buildings, NDB flight navigation building, workshop building, ATC tower, PKP-PK building and PH building. Wings Air is currently the only airline serving the airport, operating two daily flights to and from Kupang.
In the next few years, the airport will be developed again. The total land required for airport development is 64.60 hectares. Existing land currently only amounts to 51.40 hectares, so there are still 13.20 hectares that have not been cleared by the local government.