Mokmer Airfield
|
Frans Kaisiepo International Airport Bandar Udara Internasional Frans Kaisiepo |
|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||||||||||
 |
|||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Pertiwi Daya Sembada | ||||||||||
| Operator | PT Angkasa Pura I | ||||||||||
| Location | Biak, Papua | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 46 ft / 14 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 01°11′24″S 136°06′27″E / 1.19000°S 136.10750°ECoordinates: 01°11′24″S 136°06′27″E / 1.19000°S 136.10750°E | ||||||||||
| Website | franskaiseipo-airport |
||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
 BIK
|
|||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
| Statistics (2011) | |||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
|
Sources: List of the busiest airports in Indonesia; World Aero Data
|
|||||||||||
| Passengers | 366.385 |
|---|---|
| Aircraft Movements | 13.143 |
| Cargo | 1.299.331 |
Frans Kaisiepo International Airport (Indonesian: Bandara Frans Kaisiepo) (IATA: BIK, ICAO: WABB) is an airport in Biak, Papua, Indonesia. It is also known as Mokmer Airport. The airport is named after Frans Kaisiepo, the fourth Governor of Papua. The airport has seven aircraft parking slots, of which two are capable of handling wide-body aircraft, and a small terminal without jet bridges. The airport's only runway is 3,571m long, designated as 11/29.
As World War II started in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan started occupying New Guinea in 1942. In an effort to win the war, some naval bases and military airbases were built there. This also happened in Biak, particularly at Ambroben county, where Mokmer Airfield was built. It had a 2,000 X 40 m runway and was built by Romusha workers.
Japan then attempted to build a second military airfield in Samao county. However, the airfield was never completed and abandoned when Allied troops attacked Japan's military and defense bases. Meanwhile, Mokmer Airfield was completed and was now capable of supporting Japan's military aircraft, either single-engine or twin-engine.
The allied troops landed at Biak on 16 November 1944. With the most complex equipment of that time, they built many military facilities, including air services for troop mobility, logistic hub, and defense base. Numerous airfields were built at Biak, including Boroku Manuhua Airfield in Boroku County and Sorido Airfield in Samau town. Mokmer Airfield's runway was extended to 3,000 X 40 m. This airfield was used by the Royal Australian Air Force . The allied troops ended their presence in Biak in 1945.
...
Wikipedia