Tambolaka Airport

Tambolaka Airport Bandar Udara Tambolaka
IATA: TMC – ICAO: WADT TMC Location of airport in Sumba Island
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Waikabubak
Location	West Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Elevation AMSL	62 m / 203.41 ft
Coordinates
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 2,200 7,218 Asphalt

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The Tambolaka Airport control tower

Tambolaka Airport is an airport in Tambolaka, West Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia (IATA: TMC, ICAO: WADT).

Terminals, Airlines and destinations

The airport is currently building a new terminal to replace the old terminal.

Airlines	Destinations
Garuda Indonesia Operated by Garuda Explore	Denpasar, Kupang
TransNusa Air Services	Denpasar, Ende, Kupang
Wings Air	Denpasar, Kupang

Accidents and incidents

• On February 11, 2006, Adam Air Flight 782, registration number PK-KKE, lost navigational and communications systems twenty minutes into a flight from Jakarta to Makassar, South Sulawesi. The plane was subsequently flown into a radar "black spot" and was lost for several hours, eventually making an emergency landing at Tambolaka Airport, Sumba (on a different island 481 km away from their intended destination, and southeast from their origin, instead of north-east). The pilot in that incident was fired. Adam Air broke multiple safety regulations, including removing an aircraft before it was due for inspection by aviation authorities.