# Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK / WABB)

**Frans Kaisiepo Airport** (IATA: BIK, ICAO: WABB) is a medium airport in Biak, Papua, Indonesia. It opened in 1973. It has one runway, 3,571 m (11,715 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by InJourney. In 2015 it handled 36 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/wabb

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BIK / WABB
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: InJourney
- Serves: Biak, Papua, Indonesia
- Opened: 1973
- Elevation: 14 m / 46 ft
- Coordinates: -1.1900, 136.1080
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,571 m / 11,715 ft
- Passengers: 36,141 (2015)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Jayapura
- Website: http://franskaiseipo-airport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Kaisiepo_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2134812
- Weather station: WABB · WMO 97560
- Ident: WABB

## Timeline

- 16 Jul 1957: KLM Flight 844. 58 killed.
- 1973: Frans Kaisiepo Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 3,571 m / 11,715 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 109° / 289° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 366,385 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 410,495 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 429,758 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 346,891 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 36,141 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [ZRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wabo.md) Stevanus Rumbewas Airport · Indonesia · 71 km / 44 mi · Trigana Air Service
- [FOO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wabf.md) Kornasoren Airport · Indonesia · 140 km / 87 mi · Susi Air
- [DJJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wajj.md) Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport · Indonesia · 514 km / 319 mi · Lion Air, Sriwijaya Air
- [SOQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wass.md) Domine Eduard Osok Airport · Indonesia · 537 km / 334 mi · Wings Air
- [UPG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/waaa.md) Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport · Indonesia · 1,888 km / 1,173 mi · Lion Air

### Charter (1)

- [DRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypdn.md) Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · Australia · 1,375 km / 854 mi · Airnorth

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BIK, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (6)

- JT [Lion Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lion-air) · 2
- TL [Airnorth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airnorth) · 1 · charter
- SJ [Sriwijaya Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sriwijaya-air) · 1
- SI [Susi Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/susi-air) · 1
- IL [Trigana Air Service](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/trigana-air-service) · 1
- IW [Wings Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wings-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 36K (2015) | #2,219 of 3,974 | #688 in Asia | #52 in ID |
| Longest runway | 3,571 m / 11,715 ft | #449 of 29,858 | #137 in Asia | #4 in ID |
| Elevation | 14 m / 46 ft | =39,495 of 43,403 | =2,653 in Asia | =477 in ID |
| Age | Opened 1973 | =6,831 of 15,079 | =351 in Asia | #23 in ID |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =9 in ID |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | BIAK APP | 121.200 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.500 |
| INFO | BIAK INFO | 295.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [ID-0129](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id-0129.md) Ros Bori Airstrip · 52 km / 32 mi
- [ZRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wabo.md) Stevanus Rumbewas Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [WAYW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wayw.md) Waren Airstrip · 123 km / 77 mi
- [FOO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wabf.md) Kornasoren Airport · 140 km / 87 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Frans Kaisiepo Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frans_Kaisiepo_Airport&oldid=1363704075), revision of 11 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/wabb/data