Baucau Airport
Baucau Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto de Baucau, Tetum: Aeroportu Baukau, IATA: BCH, ICAO: WPEC), formerly Cakung Airport, is an unattended and mostly unused airport near Baucau, East Timor. It is the largest airport in East Timor and has a much longer runway than Dili's Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport, long enough to handle large commercial airliners.: 22
Baucau Airport Aeroporto de Baucau (Portuguese) Aeroportu Baukau (Tetum) | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military / Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Government of East Timor | ||||||||||
| Serves | Baucau, East Timor | ||||||||||
| Location | Bahú, Baucau | ||||||||||
| Opened | May 1947 | ||||||||||
| Time zone | TLT (+09:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,777 ft / 542 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 08°29′06″S 126°23′56″E | ||||||||||
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BCH/WPEC Location of airport in East Timor BCH/WPEC Location of airport in Timor | |||||||||||
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