# Mopah International Airport (MKQ / WAKK)

**Mopah International Airport** (IATA: MKQ, ICAO: WAKK) is a medium airport in Merauke, Papua Selatan (South Papua), Indonesia. It opened on 28 Jun 1943. It has one runway, 1,850 m (6,070 ft) long, asphalt. In 2018 it handled 443 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MKQ / WAKK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Merauke, Papua Selatan (South Papua), Indonesia
- Opened: 28 Jun 1943 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 3 m / 10 ft
- Coordinates: -8.5239, 140.4197
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,850 m / 6,070 ft
- Passengers: 443,471 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Jayapura
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mopah_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3613163
- Weather station: WAKK · WMO 97980
- Ident: WAKK

## Timeline

- 28 Jun 1943: Mopah International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 1,850 m / 6,070 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 160° / 340° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 244,962 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 306,485 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 300,332 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 36,396 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 412,447 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 443,471 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [BXD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wake.md) Bade Airport · Indonesia · 176 km / 109 mi · Susi Air
- [TMH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wakt.md) Tanah Merah Airport · Indonesia · 270 km / 168 mi · Trigana Air Service
- [EWE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id-ewe.md) Ewer Asmat Airport · Indonesia · 424 km / 263 mi · Trigana Air Service, Susi Air
- [DJJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wajj.md) Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport · Indonesia · 661 km / 411 mi · Lion Air, Garuda Indonesia
- [UPG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/waaa.md) Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport · Indonesia · 2,335 km / 1,451 mi · Lion Air
- [CGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wiii.md) Soekarno-Hatta International Airport · Indonesia · 3,732 km / 2,319 mi · Lion Air, Garuda Indonesia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- JT [Lion Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lion-air) · 3
- GA [Garuda Indonesia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/garuda-indonesia) · 2
- SI [Susi Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/susi-air) · 2
- IL [Trigana Air Service](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/trigana-air-service) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 443K (2018) | #1,171 of 3,974 | #377 in Asia | #43 in ID |
| Longest runway | 1,850 m / 6,070 ft | =4,439 of 29,858 | =1,174 in Asia | =60 in ID |
| Elevation | 3 m / 10 ft | =42,364 of 43,403 | =3,082 in Asia | =568 in ID |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =143 in Asia | =14 in ID |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =9 in ID |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FSS | MERAUKE INFO | 558.000 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [WEP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ayxw.md) Weam Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [OKQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wako.md) Okaba Airport · 90 km / 56 mi
- [BSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aybh.md) Bensbach Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [PG-0049](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pg-0049.md) Kiriwo Airstrip · 121 km / 75 mi
- [MHY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ayeh.md) Morehead Airport · 136 km / 85 mi
- [OBX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ayob.md) Obo Airport · 144 km / 89 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: “Mopah Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mopah_Airport&oldid=1365184029), revision of 20 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/wakk/data