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Oksibil

Oksibil
Town
Oksibil is located in West Papua (province)
Oksibil
Oksibil
Location of Oksibil in Papua
Coordinates: 4°54′24″S 140°37′39″E / 4.90667°S 140.62750°E / -4.90667; 140.62750
Country  Indonesia
Province Papua
Regency Pegunungan Bintang
Population (2010)
 • Total 4,087
Time zone WIT (UTC+9)
Oksibil Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Oksibil, Pegunungan Bintang, Indonesia
Elevation AMSL 4,288 ft / 1,307 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 885 2,904 asphalt

Oksibil is a kecamatan (district) in Papua in Indonesia that is also the administrative centre of the Pegunungan Bintang Regency. The district has a population of 4,087 inhabitants, according to the 2010 census.

There are few roads in Oksibil that provides means of travel locally. A long road connects to nearby Arimkop and ends to the southeast at a river. The primary means of transportation to and from Oksibil is by air.

Oksibil Airport (OKL/WAJO) has connecting flights to Jayapura with Trigana Air Service and Wings Air. The airport's runway is 885 metres (2,904 ft) long and is partially marked asphalt (formerly grass) landing strip. The runway can handle Turboprop STOL aircraft but is able to handle larger Turboprop Regional airliner. There are few buildings that acts as a terminal structure as well as a small tower in the tarmac area beside the runway.

In August 2015 Trigana Air Service Flight 267 crashed on the mountain side en route to the airstrip killing all 54 on board.



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